End Child's Hunger
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- Nearly 6 million children rely on school lunches as their only meal of the day, and some share what they get with younger siblings. Families across the country cannot afford basic needs like food, shelter, and utilities, especially in the summer when schools do not provide subsidized lunches. - Over 36 million people in the US experience food insecurity, including 12.4 million children, which is 16.9% of all American children. While starvation is rare, many children and adults still go hungry or experience chronic mild malnutrition due to lack of financial resources. - The US has one of the highest child poverty rates among industrialized nations despite being the wealthiest country, and social spending programs are lower than
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The document discusses statistics on child poverty in the United States. It states that 13 million US children live below the federal poverty level of $20,000 for a family of four. Black, Latino, American Indian, and white children experience poverty at rates of 35%, 28%, 29%, and 10% respectively, with some states having even higher rates for minority groups. The document outlines health and educational impacts of poverty on children, including higher risks of developmental issues, disease, lower test scores, and lack of access to resources.
Make povertly history
The document discusses the definition and causes of poverty. It defines poverty as lacking basic needs like food, shelter, healthcare, education and job opportunities. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die daily due to poverty. The poorest 40% of the world's population accounts for only 5% of global income, while the richest 20% accounts for three-quarters of it. Causes of poverty include overpopulation, unequal distribution of resources, lack of education and employment opportunities, and environmental issues. Children who grow up in poverty often face health and developmental problems. The document recommends addressing poverty through providing food, healthcare, shelter, education, and helping victims start self-sustaining projects.
Make poverty History
The document discusses the definition and causes of poverty. It defines poverty as lacking basic needs like food, shelter, healthcare, education and job opportunities. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die daily due to poverty. The poorest 40% of the world's population accounts for only 5% of global income, while the richest 20% accounts for three-quarters of it. Causes of poverty include overpopulation, unequal distribution of resources, lack of education and employment opportunities, and environmental issues. Children who grow up in poverty often face health and developmental problems. The document recommends addressing poverty through providing food, healthcare, shelter, education, and helping victims start self-sustaining projects.
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Family-to-Family
This document summarizes the history and operations of the Family-to-Family program. It began in 2002 when Pam Koner started personally matching families with means to donate food boxes to impoverished families in need. Since then, the program has expanded to serve over 2,100 people across multiple states and countries by connecting donors to recipient families through food box shipments and online sponsorships. The program also implements supplemental initiatives like victory gardens and seed drives to further address hunger and poverty in communities.
Family-to-Family
Family-to-Family was started in 2002 when a mother read about poverty in Pembroke, Illinois and organized families she knew to send monthly boxes of food and letters to needy families in Pembroke. This idea grew into a program that now serves over 2,100 children and adults across 12 states by matching donor families to recipient families to exchange food, supplies, and letters on a monthly basis. Family-to-Family also offers online sponsorships, supplemental programs like community gardens, and seeks to expand its partnerships and personalized delivery programs to help more impoverished communities and families rise out of poverty.
Family-to-Family
Family-to-Family was started in 2002 when a mother read about poverty in Pembroke, Illinois and organized families she knew to send monthly boxes of food and letters to needy families in Pembroke. This idea grew into a program that now serves over 2,100 children and adults across 12 states by matching donor families to recipient families to exchange food, supplies, and letters on a monthly basis. Family-to-Family also offers online sponsorships, supplemental programs like community gardens, and seeks to expand its partnerships and personalized delivery programs to help more impoverished communities and families rise out of poverty.
just ask
The document proposes a student-led education and outreach campaign called "Just Ask" to raise awareness of Rainforest Alliance certification among college students. The campaign would encourage students to ask their campus bookstores and local businesses to carry Rainforest Alliance certified products. Student groups would compete to collect the most petition signatures and complete unique promotional activities to win prizes. The goal is to demonstrate student demand for these certified products and increase student involvement in the issue.
Jump in the sack
This document proposes a campaign called "Jump in the Sack" to raise awareness of Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee. It suggests that university student groups across 100 organizations each jump 300,000 times, totaling 30 million jumps to represent the number of acres of globally grown coffee. The groups would coordinate a day to all jump together, document it online, and sell branded t-shirts or coffee sacks. The goals are to create a viral event that educates participants about certified coffee and encourages local businesses to serve it.
LET'S PUT THE VEG ON THE TABLE
The document proposes encouraging a more plant-based diet in the US to benefit both health and the environment. It suggests that reducing meat consumption by just 5% could save enough grain to feed 25 million people. The proposal is to campaign for everyone to consume 20% less meat per week through ads targeting different age groups and celebrity endorsements, which could significantly impact global issues like hunger and climate change.
Application Ideas
Mobile applications can be created for college students to stay updated on events using their phones. Example app ideas include a frog widget telling the time and date, a rainforest sounds ringtone, a newsfeed linked to Twitter, and a coffee identifier app using photos to find Rainforest Alliance alternatives. Apps are easy for students, track downloads, and can link to websites, Facebook, Twitter and blogs from mobile devices.
Mobile Applications
United Way application ideas for mobile devices like iPhone, Android, and Blackberry that could track volunteer hours, provide updates on events like the Bridge Walk and Volunteer Festival, and share real-time news from United Way's Twitter account. The apps would be easy for students to use, help people stay informed, and allow United Way to monitor download numbers. They could also link to United Way's website, Facebook page, and other online presences.
Volunteer Events
Coordinating several volunteer events throughout the year would bring United Way NYC volunteers together, including a talent show where volunteers could perform singing, dancing or comedy with proceeds benefiting causes, a Central Park picnic potluck where volunteers could play volleyball, softball or kickball, and working other NYC events like the marathon or sporting events to advertise United Way's cause.
Viral Video
A short viral video with high SEO can raise awareness about volunteering for the Rainforest Alliance by being informative, engaging, and linking to other outlets. Suggested videos include clips of Rainforest Alliance employees and resources, the majesty and destruction of rainforests, and a Goodzuma-style video portraying problems and solutions. Such videos should be hosted on multiple sites like YouTube, Atomvideo, and Revver to increase SEO and the chance of going viral.
Viral Video
A short viral video between 1-2 minutes in length posted across multiple video hosting sites could raise awareness of volunteer opportunities by informing and engaging viewers about previous United Way events that helped people in need, while linking to websites and social media to encourage further participation. The document suggests creating clips from past United Way activities or a Goodzuma-style video portraying problems and solutions through volunteering, then distributing it across various video sites like YouTube, Atomvideo and Revver to maximize search engine exposure and spread.
Tumblr
United Way NYC should encourage volunteers to make Tumblr accounts to blog about their volunteer work as it is easy to use and allows sharing pictures, videos and links. Volunteers can sync their Tumblr accounts with Twitter so followers see new posts, and blogging provides first-hand information that may inspire others to volunteer. Syncing volunteer blogs across social media and the United Way website helps increase traffic and search engine optimization.
Foursquare and Flickr
Rainforest Alliance could use social media like Foursquare and Flickr to raise awareness and engage volunteers. Foursquare allows tracking user locations for rewards at businesses attracting college students. Flickr allows hosting pictures of Rainforest Alliance products, with contests for best photos shared on websites and social media. These low-cost options generate content without much professional involvement.
Orientation
Orientation provides an opportunity for first year students to become familiar with their new university. Presentations during orientation about the school's existing sustainability campaigns run by Rainforest Alliance, such as reducing waste and protecting forests, could inspire students to get involved. Making information about Rainforest Alliance's initiatives and how students can help available online through its website, social media, blogs, and incentives could engage more students and businesses in the organization's environmental protection efforts.
RA's helping RA
RA's could represent the Rainforest Alliance on college campuses by raising awareness of sustainability issues among students living in dorms. As trusted leaders, RA's are well-positioned to inform and organize underclassmen at floor meetings and through social media to get them involved in campaigns. Tracking student participation through online platforms could reward high-performing RA's while minimizing costs compared to using professional staff.
Rainforest Alliance Across the Nation
Rainforest Alliance aims to make their products the "Product of Choice" on college campuses nationwide by sponsoring a tour that promotes their brand through social media, on-campus events with samples and giveaways, and an essay competition to staff the tour; the tour and competition will engage students at major universities low-costly while promoting both Rainforest Alliance and their corporate sponsors.
Rainforest Alliance Across the Nation
Rainforest Alliance aims to make their products the "Product of Choice" on college campuses nationwide by sponsoring a tour that promotes their brand through social media, on-campus events with samples and giveaways, and an essay competition to staff the tour; the tour and competition will engage students at major universities low-costly while promoting both Rainforest Alliance and their corporate sponsors.
Virtual Volunteer
This document proposes creating a new virtual volunteer toolbox designed specifically for young people by adapting existing online resources from United Way and Kaboom.org. The toolbox would engage students in education, income, and health causes by focusing on people and using existing volunteer toolkits as a starting point but designing them for different volunteer groups like college students.
Virtue Goes Viral
United Way NYC can attract young people to their 2010 LIVE UNITED Bridge Walk and Volunteer Festival by creating online badges that people can post to social media. The badges would be inspired by Boy Scout badges and link to the United Way website and GoodSearch search engine to generate donations. United Way could further engage people by having them submit badge designs, vote on them, and potentially print the winning designs on t-shirts to sell.
And Your Total Is
This document proposes options for grocery stores to donate one bag of groceries per day to those in need by encouraging customer donations at checkout. Option 1 suggests rounding customer totals up and donating the extra change, Option 2 uses "Hunger Bucks" customers receive based on spending that are deposited in a donation bag, and Option 3 highlights different healthy products each week whose purchases earn points for a donation bag. The goal is to meet local community needs through this program while promoting customer participation, loyalty and the store's social commitment.
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End Child's Hunger
- 1. End child hunger<br />For nearly 6 million children, the lunch they receive at school will be the only meal they eat today. <br />Some of these children have younger siblings waiting to see if big brother brings them home a nibble to eat. <br />Families across this country cannot afford even the most basic of needs like food, shelter and utilities, especially in the summer when schools are not able to provide free or reduced price lunches for children.<br />36.2 million people live in households considered to be food insecure. Of these people, 12.4 million are children which is a staggering 16.9 percent of all children in America. <br />While starvation seldom occurs in this country, children and adults do go hungry and chronic mild malnutrition does occur when financial resources are low. The mental and physical changes that accompany inadequate food intakes can have harmful effects on learning, development, productivity, physical and psychological health, and family life<br />UNICEF has indicated that although the U.S. is still the wealthiest country in the world, with incomes higher than in any other country, it has also one of the highest of child poverty rates among the industrialized nations. Denmark and Finland, by comparison, report child-poverty levels of less than 3%, followed by Norway and Sweden. All those countries have high levels of social spending<br />Without the help of local food banks, so many of our nation’s children would go hungry more than a few times a week. Even with help, some of these children are still forced to skip meals on a regular basis<br />Every day, millions of parents struggle with a heartbreaking decision. Do they pay their rent, or do they buy food? Decisions like this usually leave families homeless, and still hungry. Homeless shelters are having to turn people away, sending them to another shelter who will also turn them away. There is just not enough room to help every family who needs it. Many food banks also find themselves in the position of having to close their doors early. In this economy, there are just not enough people donating food to the local food banks to feed all those who will inevitably go without.<br />