Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale To End Childhood Hunger

We live in an affluent country where it seems impossible that children could want for food.  According to Share Our Strength, nearly 17 million children (17.2 % or 1 in 4) were facing hunger at some point last year in the US.

C & H Sugar is the presenting sponsor for Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale for the third year in a row.  The goal of the sale is to help fight childhood hunger.   Families, organizations, and schools across the country are encouraged to hold bake sales and donate the profits to Share Our Strength in order to provide meals to America’s children.

Getting involved is easy.  Simply host a bake sale, add your event to the bake sale map on their website, and donate the bake sale funds.  For the past seven years,1.7 million people have participated in the Great American Bake Sale, raising $6 million dollars to help end childhood hunger.  Hosting a bake sale at your local school, church, playgroup or community helps to raise awareness of childhood hunger in America.

So where do the funds go?  (that is a question I always ask of a charity)

Here is a summary of how the funds are used (from the site):

Enroll more eligible kids in school breakfast, after-school snacks and meals, and their families in SNAP (food stamps).

Bring community gardens and farmers markets to low-income neighborhoods.

Bring affordable, fresh fruits and vegetables to urban corner stores.

Teach at-risk families how to plan, shop for, and prepare healthy, low-cost meals at home.

Help local food pantries, food banks and soup kitchens meet the pressing demand for more nutritious food.

Increase awareness and understanding of childhood hunger and solutions to it.

To find a local bake sale, just visit their website.  You’ll also find an entire section designed to walk you through the process of hosting your own bake sale!

I received a gift card to participate in my own bake sale, which will be held mid-May (since Mother’s Day weekend was a bit hectic!).

No compensation was received for this post other than a gift card to purchase the supplies needed for a bake sale.

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Caryn Bailey

Caryn is a NICU nurse by day, blogger by night and mom 24/7. She savors the warm Southern California sun and loves to travel, shopping, baking, reading and frequenting her local tea room. Caryn created the column Lavishly Green for Peekaboo Picks Magazine to share her best tips for going green in style, she is the Former editor for Family Review Network, former OC Family Magazine online contributor, former Orange County Moms Blog contributor, former Evenflo Savvy Parent contributor, former member of the Totsy Advisory Board and former freelance writer for CBS Los Angeles.

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