Double your Grocery Giving

Feeding America is still looking for donations to help feed hungry families this holiday season.

They hope to raise enough money for 3 million bags of groceries.

Proctor and Gamble have teamed up to help.

Right now for every dollar you donate, they will match it for a total donation up to $75,000.

So, for $5 you can now provide 10 bags of groceries.

[A donation of $25 can feed a family of four for 2 weeks!!!]

Go here to donate today!

You can also give the gift of a donation in someone else's name.

Perhaps you have someone difficult to buy for. This would be a great gift.

Go here to donate in their  name.

FeelGood and the Hunger Project

FeelGood: A youth movement and program that transforms students into life-long social entrepreneurs and responsible global citizens.

Their goal is to end world hunger one grilled cheese at a time.

That's right.

You heard me.

One grilled cheese at a time.

Here's how it works.

FeelGood has FeelGood Fellowships.

Essentially, they look for student leadership teams that want to launch and operate a FeelGood non-profit deli on their university campus --specializing in grilled cheese.

The fellowship provides $800 of investment capital the first year, on-demand consulting, access to marketing, branding and educational materials, as well as training camps and international service trips.

Students get practical hands-on experience running a business, skills to launch an educational campaign, and the opportunity to initiate dialog about the root causes of hunger and the possible solutions.

These delis give away gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches (and information on hunger throughout the world)  in exchange for donations.

100% of the profits are invested in organizations with a proven track record in eradicating hunger.

One such organization is 

The Hunger Project.

You can go here to learn more about it.

If you are in college and interested in starting a chapter you are in luck.

FeelGood is looking to start 10 new chapters across the country.

Go here to learn more.

If you are not a college student, or not interested in taking on such a big project,

you can still support this very clever project by going here.

Next time you eat a grilled cheese, think about how much good that tasty little sandwich could really do.

{Man that looks SO good right now!}

SNICKERS is Feeding America

Did you know today is National Junk Food Day?

It's true.

So, in honor of the special day I have something very easy for you.

 is 

FEEDING AMERICA.

What?

That's right.

You get to help.

Here's how.

Buy one of these.

Go here

and enter in the code from the inside of the package.

When you do, 


will donate 

ONE MEAL
 to 

for a total of up to 3.5 million meals.

It's easy.

It's fast.

You can help end hunger just by eating something yummy.

You could be doing this.

Looking oh so happy to be eating some chocolate.

{Okay. I admit it. This is my sister and she's not eating a Snickers, but I just really think this picture is funny.}

Junk food it up baby and do something good.

Have I mentioned I love me some Snickers?

I do.

Oh I do.

Welcome Back!

I hope you had a tremendous weekend.

I love long weekends.

Pringles has a new way that you can help give back with their

"U Taste. We Donate" Campaign.

Until July 31st, every time you buy Pringles Multi-grain, 

you can help give Share Our Strength $1.

It's easy.

 Here's how it works.

Buy a  can of Pringles Multi-grain chips.

Find the 12-digit UPC code.

Go here.

Enter in the code.

Done.

A $1 donation will be made to Share Our Strength, 
with a maximum donation of $100,000 and a minimum donation of $75,000.

Go here to learn more about Share Our Strength and help end childhood hunger.


Now wasn't that easy?

National Bakery Week

This week, June 28th - July 4th is the

Great American Bake Sale's 

National Bakery Week!

That means, bakeries around the country will be hosting several in-store and on-line specials and deals in order to raise money to help end childhood hunger with

Share Our Strength.

Here's where you come in.

Go to a participating bakery.

Buy a treat.

Help a  hungry child.

Buy your own hungry kids a treat.

Help more hungry children.

If you don't have a participating bakery near you, go to your favorite bakery and suggest they participate.

This is a delicious and easy way to help those in need.

Go here for all of the information and 

a locator for the nearest participating bakery.

Would you rather donate directly to Share Our Strength?

Go here.

P.S. If you're local, the closest ones to me are the Whole Foods stores in Cottonwood Heights and in Salt Lake City. Man I love me some Whole Foods! I wish there was one closer to me!

Feeding America -- Double Good today

You have another chance to help the hungry today.

Feeding America has a campaign to raise $100,000 before the fiscal year ends on June 30th.

They are asking for online donations.

Here's the really good part.

An generous donor has offered to match every donation given TODAY dollar for dollar,

up to $100,000.

They are asking that you donate $50 if you can. 

It will double to provide 700 meals for families in need.

If you can't give $50 -- give what you can. It will be doubled TODAY.

{I believe it will still be doubled as long as you give before June 30th.}

$1 = 14 meals.

So any amount is a good amount.

Go here to donate.

Go here to learn more about Feeding America.

While you're there go here to read about an 11 year-old making a difference.

So inspiring.

The Bread Art Project

I have a really fun way to give back and do some good today.

You will have fun.

I promise.

The Grain Foods Foundation is helping to fight childhood hunger and raise awareness of the hunger problem in this country with the

Bread Art Project.

For every piece of art created by you and me (and others), they will donate

$1 to Share Our Strength.

They are giving an outright donation of $50,000 to Share Our Strength, but will increase that donation up to another $50,000 for a total donation of $100,000.

But they need you.

Go here to the Bread Art Project.

Create a piece of virtual bread art.

Done. $1 goes to Share Our Strength.

Hurry. This only goes until June 30th.

At the time this post was created they were at $48,920.

They still need over one thousand people to design a piece of bread.

You should be one of them.

It takes just a few minutes.

You can stroll through the gallery and you won't believe what others were able to do!

Wo.


If you create a slice, download it and send it to me. I'd love to see it.


Maybe we'll even have our own gallery.

Here's mine.


{Okay, okay. I did two of them, but I can't find the other one.}


So clicky clicky clack and do some good today.




Toast anyone?
(Doesn't it sound so good now?!)

What puts you in a good mood?

Oscar Mayer wants to know.

They have joined up with Feeding America and want to turn good moods into good deeds.

Oscar Mayer started by donating one million pounds of food to Feeding America and have a goal of three million pounds. You can help.

Go here and tell them what puts you in a good mood. You finish the sentence "It doesn't get better than..." and then type your name.

Just for doing that Oscar Mayer will donate 1 pound of food.

Want to do more?

Share it with 4 friends via email and they will add another 5 pounds of food.

More you say?

Become a fan on Facebook and they will donate another 10 pounds of food!!!

It is really quick and they walk you right through the steps.

All it takes is a few clicks and you've done a really good deed for today!

So, clicky click!

Want to learn more about Oscar Mayer's Good Mood Mission? Go here.

Want to learn more about Feeding America -- the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity? Go here.