Hunger: Let’s Put a Meal on the Table

Today is the 14th, one day shy of mid-month of Hunger Action Month, where if we (that is you and I) give a little we feed a lot. Just exactly how little. In my #VFD2010 (Virtual Food Drive 2010) your $1 donation, when matched by Libby’s will provide 14 meals to a family with need in the United States. You do the math, a $10 donation will enable Feeding America to put sufficient food to put 140 meals. Let’s continue with the math – 140 meals means a family of four is provided for more than a week. That’s right, seven days of knowing that three meals for each of those days is available from Feeding America, because your $10 donation made it possible. Yesterday we spoke of the need to have breakfast, today we need to think of the full day and week.

Perhaps today you don’t have $1 let alone $10. You can still help. The good folks at Kraft Foods have initiated their campaign, “Huddle to Fight Hunger.” Their goal is 20,000,000 million meals. When you sign up for their information – one meal. Tweet with the hashtag #KraftFightsHunger – one meal. Like their Facebook page – one meal. Watch their YouTube video – one meal. In the space of 15 minutes I was able to take the necessary action to move seven more meals onto the table. Here is one of those videos.