ConAgra Foods Foundation has donated $5 million to Feeding America over the next five years to fund a new program at 23 food banks called Hunger-Free Summer.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is one of the lucky recipients. This summer we’re distributing a total of 15,000 kids packs to our Summer feeding sites in addition to the lunches the kids are already receiving because of this grant. The goal of this program is to provide at least 25 percent more meals for children struggling with hunger during the summer.
The kick-off event for this program was in Orlando at the New Image Youth Center, one of our summer food sites. New Image Youth Center feeds around 25 kids weekly.
Feeding America’s entertainment council member Katharine McPhee helped launch this amazing program. She spent the morning doing national and local media interviews. When it was time for lunch, she personally gave each kids at New Image Your Center a summer meal. Almost every child in the room was grinning from ear to ear. She even took the time to walk around the room and chat with them.
View a montage of photos from that day.
To top everything off, Katharine McPhee spent the afternoon writing a song with the children. We captured video of this process. She makes it look so easy to do.
We are so grateful to have the support from ConAgra Foods Foundation, Feeding America and Katharine McPhee.
Maria Diestro
Online Services and Communications Manager
p.s. We love the song and can’t seem to get it out of our heads!
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Tags: america, conagra, feeding, foods, foundation, hunger-free, kids, packs, summer
July 19th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Thanks for all of you participating in this program! Love the video and pictures!
July 19th, 2010 at 9:22 am
We’re honored to work with you and to help bring more meals to more children. Our day volunteering with Katharine at New Image Youth Center was also a chance to learn more about what children in Orlando and elsewhere are facing, and to consider new ways to help fight child hunger. Thanks again for all that you do!
July 19th, 2010 at 10:04 am
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July 25th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
[...] If you enjoyed looking through these photos, check out this blog post (video) from last year: Katharine Mcphee Visits Second Harvest to Launch Summer Food Program [...]