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Help Fight Child Hunger with Unilever Project Sunlight

By Chrysa | 36 Comments

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Unilever Project Sunlight Share a Meal ProgramHoliday Foods

We're moving into the holiday season. The months filled with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas usually mean lots of fun and celebrations focused around food. We have treats and trick-or-treat candy for Halloween, huge family dinners for Thanksgiving, and all sorts of delicious traditional food creations for the December holidays. But for many children in our country, the holiday season is not filled with an overabundance of food. In fact, entire days throughout the course of the year are marked by the scarcity of food.

Empty Plates

Hunger is a real problem in our country. There are 16 million children struggling with hunger. To put that into perspective, that’s the entire populations of Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago combined. But this isn't just a city problem. Hungry children are found in urban, suburban and rural areas. 1 in 5 American children don't know where there next meal is coming from. ONE in FIVE! That statistic is staggering. That means these hungry children are all around us and they aren't always easy to identify.

Take a look at this video. It's an original documentary titled Going to Bed Hungry: The Changing Face of Child Hunger. WARNING: You may want to grab a tissue before you start watching. I needed one.
 

 
To help shine a light on what hunger in America looks like today, Unilever Project Sunlight is focusing their efforts on child hunger this fall and encouraging people to get involved. There are so many ways that you can play a part in helping to end child hunger, whether it's getting involved with your local food bank or making contributions online. And just by talking about the issue and sharing information you'll help to spread the word about child hunger and encourage others to join in the fight to end it. You can start by sharing the video above. I have made it easy with this retweetable link:

Please Share: Going to Bed Hungry: The Changing Face of Child Hunger #sp http://t.co/CyYkZPx301 #ShareAMeal @UnileverUSA @FeedingAmerica

— Chrysa Duran (@ThriftyJinxy) October 13, 2014

To learn more about how to get involved, visit www.ProjectSunlight.us.

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Chrysa is the founder and owner of ThriftyJinxy.com, a site dedicated to living a fabulous life on a frugal budget. Her approach is that by spending less on the boring everyday stuff, you can have more money to splurge on the things you REALLY want, whether it’s travel, fashion, electronics – you name it! Chrysa is married, has an 11-year-old nephew she dotes on, as well as three lovable cats and a big sweetie of a German Shepherd.

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  1. Catherine S says

    October 13, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    This is such a great program to be involved in. No child should ever go hungry. We do a big food collection every year through my job for the local food banks.

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  2. Mitch says

    October 13, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Good for you! I saw this project and thought the ideas behind it were terrific.I wish I had been able to participate myself!
    Mitch

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  3. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    October 13, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    What an awesome project this is. We always donate to our local food pantry!

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  4. Ben @ Cheap is the New Classy says

    October 13, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    What a great cause. It’s so horrible to know that in this day and age there are kids still going hungry in this country.

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  5. Dawn says

    October 13, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    You know, it’s a sad reflection on our country that kids are still going hungry in this country. It just breaks me heart.

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  6. Rosey says

    October 13, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    There’s not much more heart aching than thinking of someone being hungry. It seems such a shame with so much overabundance, that so many have to go hungry. The statistics always surprise me.

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  7. Amanda says

    October 13, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    What a wonderful cause! I am sure this project will help a lot of people. Thank you for sharing!

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  8. Annie says

    October 13, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    It blesses my heart whenever a corporation chooses hunger in America as the cause to support. There is SO much and SUCH a huge need!!

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  9. Veronica says

    October 13, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    Great organization to be a part of. No child should ever go to bed hungry

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  10. Felicia says

    October 13, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    What a great cause. I love it when a corporation gets behind doing good.

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  11. Amanda says

    October 13, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    What a great cause! It’s so great to see companies helping out with causes like this.

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  12. Liz Mays says

    October 13, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    The more companies that pitch in to help with this, the better. Child hunger is a horrible thing!

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  13. deb says

    October 13, 2014 at 10:14 pm

    This looks like a wonderful cause. I’m glad to see unilever steepign up to help make a difference.

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  14. Christie says

    October 13, 2014 at 10:28 pm

    Wow, 1 in 5 is scary to think about! So glad Unilever is partnering with fighting child hunger

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  15. Kristin says

    October 14, 2014 at 12:14 am

    Such a great project. I love to help out the needy especially young children.

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  16. Megan @mnmspecial says

    October 14, 2014 at 1:47 am

    Child hunger is very sad. My daughter cane home from school last year and told me her friend moved because they ran out of food. Thank goodness for companies like this.

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  17. Ronni says

    October 14, 2014 at 7:15 am

    Such an awesome program! No child should ever have to go to bed hungry, especially in this country!

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  18. Stacie says

    October 14, 2014 at 7:16 am

    1 in 5? Really? Such a sad fact.
    Sounds like a great program!

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  19. Beth@FrugalFroggie says

    October 14, 2014 at 9:45 am

    It makes me sad to think about kids going to bed hungry. They can’t have a productive day at school if they are hungry.

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  20. Debbie L. says

    October 14, 2014 at 10:59 am

    The info on hungry children is so scary. Great way to make a difference!

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  21. Laura says

    October 14, 2014 at 11:16 am

    What a wonderful program to get involved with. No child should go hungry.

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  22. Ann Bacciaglia says

    October 14, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    This is such a great program for such a serious issue. We help out with the Breakfast for Learning program at our local school.

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  23. Chrsytal @ YUM eating says

    October 14, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    What a wonderful program. No child should have to go hungry. What Unilever is doing is awesome.

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  24. Krystal says

    October 14, 2014 at 12:58 pm

    It is a sad state of affairs in our country when one in five children goes hungry in one of the wealthiest nations in the world. It breaks my heart.

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  25. Jessica (Savory Experiments) says

    October 14, 2014 at 3:55 pm

    What an amazing thing to be a part of! Sometimes it is easy to forget that there is so much child hunger through the world.

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  26. Amanda says

    October 14, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    What a great program! I’m so glad you are bringing awareness to this!

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  27. Rachelle J says

    October 14, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    1 in 5? What a heart breaking statistic :(. So thankful for programs like this out there!

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  28. Michele P says

    October 14, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    I work for a social services agency, and food insecurity is a big problem here in the US. Unfortunately, people don’t like to think about it or talk about it, but with cuts to food stamps that we are seeing, it has gotten even worse. Thanks for promoting awareness to this cause, and Unilever for helping out.

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  29. Lisa says

    October 14, 2014 at 8:54 pm

    It breaks my heart to see so many kids who are all to familiar with real hunger. My 4 kids are all adopted and all of them knew what it was like to go to bed hungry or to struggle throughout the day from lack of good nutrition! Hoping that there is an end to child hunger soon!

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  30. Marina @ Mommy Snippets says

    October 14, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    That’s heartbreaking to know that soo many suffer. This is a great campaign. I love what Unilever is doing.

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  31. Tracy @ Ascending Butterfly says

    October 14, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    I love when brands do something to give back, it is sad that in this day and age that any child should go hungry!

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  32. Melissa @ This Girl's Life Blog says

    October 15, 2014 at 8:46 am

    So glad there is a wonderful program like this. We always think about the hunger in other countries but we definitely have kids hungry in our own backyard.

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  33. Carly Anderson says

    October 15, 2014 at 10:58 am

    What a wonderful campaign. It makes me so sad that so many children go hungry every day.

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  34. Amy Desrosiers says

    October 15, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    I love how they are giving back and making a huge difference! feeding hungry kids is crucial!

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  35. Lara says

    October 16, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    What a great project and even greater cause. NO child should ever go to be hungry. It should just never be!

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  36. Shannon Gosney says

    October 22, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    This is such a great campaign! I love the idea of ending child hunger. 🙂

    Reply

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