Hunger in my Own Backyard #AbbottCFK

Around the holidays, I happened to catch a piece on the local news about food banks. I wasn't surprised to hear that donations were down from last year while need was up.  We all know that everyone is feeling the pinch of the down economy.


What did surprise me was when I heard my specific town mentioned.  Not only was reference made to a huge increase in demand at my town's food bank (I honestly wasn't even aware my town had a food bank before this story), but specific mention was made about kids in my town not having enough to eat.


I had always thought about homelessness and hunger being more of an urban issue.  For our last service project, we traveled to downtown Milwaukee to drop off goods at a homeless shelter. I live in the suburbs and most parking lots in my town are at least half filled with Lexus and Cadillacs.  I just never really thought about kids going hungry right under my nose.


I am thrilled to be teaming up with Abbott to help spread the word about their Champions for Kids Campaign.  The Abbott Champions for Kids Campaign is all about getting nutritious food into the hands of kids who really need it.  By participating in the Simple Service Project I will be putting together Abbott Nutrition Snack Packs to be dropped off at my town's food pantry. 


I challenge you to do some research about hunger in your community.  Does your town have a food bank?  Where is it and is it in need of specific items?  How can you help, even in just a small way, to fight hunger in your own backyard?  (You can research your local food bank by going here and clicking on your state.)


Be sure to stop back next week when I will be sharing what we put into our Snack Pack and what it was like dropping it off!




This post has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias