When it comes time for you to donate a portion of the contract fees to a charity, you can visit this page to select one or more charities that are working to fight childhood hunger.
If you have an organization in mind that is not on this list, or if you would like to donate to a charitable organization that is not associated with childhood hunger, that's fine. Please contact them directly.
There are hundreds of charities working to fight childhood hunger. I've selected the charities below because they are reputable and have long track records of success and impact. If you have other recommendations, or if you would like your charity to be considered for this list, send an email to: info@aspenrg.org.
Childhood Hunger Charities
Tom's Top 10
- Second Harvest - Kids Cafe
Site and donations: http://www.secondharvest.org/childhunger/kidscafe4.html
Contact: (800) 771-2303
Kids Cafe is one of the nation's largest free meal service programs for children. The primary goal of this program is to provide free food and beverages, and nutrition education to hungry children. As of July 2003, there are more than 600 Kids Cafes nationwide. Your donation provides funds to start new cafes and to supply food to existing cafes.
- Children's Hunger Fund
Site and donations: www.childrenshungerfund.org
Contact: (818) 899-5122
This Fund operates in 25 states and 70 countries worldwide. Their focus is distributing food to hungry children, but they also provide clothing, disaster relief, job training and job placement for youth and young adults. They've distributed more than $230 million in relief aid to children. They also serve a number of Native American Indian reservations.
- Share our Strength - Children's Hour
Site and donations: http://www.strength.org/see/childrenshour/childrenshour.htm
Contact: (800) 969-4767
Children's Hour challenges all Americans to donate some of their earnings to give needy children a healthy start in communities nationwide. Donations provide food grants and nutrition programs for the more than 13 million children at risk of hunger in America. The program targets children under the age of six. Share our Strength distributes its funds to local and national agencies providing growth and nutrition clinics, direct food assistance, and nutrition education.
- The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
Site and donations: www.frac.org
Contact: (202) 986-2200
FRAC is a national organization working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. Founded in 1970, FRAC is a nonprofit and nonpartisan research and public policy center that serves as the hub of an anti-hunger network of thousands of individuals and agencies across the country. Funding supports research, watchdog services, clearinghouse services, programs that support food assistance initiatives, and public awareness campaigns.
- Feed the Children
Site and donations: www.feedthechildren.org
Contact: (405) 942-0228
Rated one of America's most effective charities, Feed the Children provides food, clothing, medical care, education, and disaster relief to children in the U.S. and around the world. They operate in 42 countries and supplement more than 600,000 meals a day at orphanages, schools, and food centers.
- Children's Network International
Site and donations: www.childrensnetworkinternational.org
Contact: (323) 980-9870
This organization operates in the U.S. and in 52 countries around the world. They provide food, but they also provide children with clothing, personal hygiene items, and medical care. They operate food centers, and medical and dental care to orphanages in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and selected countries of the former Soviet Union and Africa.
- Children's Food Fund/World Emergency Relief
Site and donations: www.worldemergency.org
Contact: (760) 930-8001
This hunger relief program partners with charities and churches around the world. They've delivered more than $50 million in aid over the past five years. Some of their funds go toward building resources that sustain small economies. In one small town of 20,000 in Romania, they've created 2,000 jobs. These jobs have helped families afford food and provide economic security for their children.
- Children's Hunger Relief Fund
Site and donations: www.chrf.org
Contact: (888) 781-1585
For more than 20 years, this organization has been meeting the needs of hundreds of thousands of children around the world. They operate large feeding centers in Central America, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Mexico, to name a few. They also provide immunization services and education.
- Save the Children
Site and donations: www.savethechildren.org
Contact: (800) 728-3843
Founded in 1932, the goal of Save the Children is to make lasting positive change in the lives of children in need. Today they operate in 19 states and 47 countries. They work to feed children and improve their health, education and economic opportunities. They also mobilize rapid life-support assistance for children, and families caught in the tragedies of natural and man-made disasters. Save the Children is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, an association of 26 independent organizations that provide child-oriented emergency response, development assistance and advocacy of children's rights in more than 100 countries.
- Blaine County Hunger Coalition
Donations: 121 Honey Suckle St., Bellevue,
ID, 83313; info@thehungercoalition.org
Contact: (208) 788-0121
I founded the Hunger Coalition
in July 2003 and remain active as
an honorary board member. We received our 501(c)3 tax exempt status
in December 2004. Our mission is to manage a coordinated effort to
end hunger in Blaine County by acquiring and distributing food through
a network of social service agencies, grocery stores, businesses,
and volunteers working to supply healthful food to those in need.
Our mission also includes working to improve the lives of those in need by helping them transition from dependency to self-sufficiency through self-development by connecting them with the food they need and the services available locally to help them achieve long-term economic security.
Initiatives: Food vouchers, food boxes, pick-up and delivery service, awareness advertising, collecting and publishing hunger statistics, distributing bi-lingual outreach material, and year-round food collection at grocery stores. We also operate a 1,500 square-foot food bank. Future plans include providing after school snack programs for low income children, and spearheading a network of social service agencies, educators, and community leaders dedicated to addressing the structural causes of hunger—poverty, education, employment, and housing.
Other recommended hunger charities
(Alphabetical listing)
American Indian Children's Hunger Fund
www.americanindianchildren.org
California Food Policy Advocates - California
www.cfpa.org
CARE
www.careusa.org
Children's Hunger Alliance
www.childrenshungeralliance.org
Feeding Children Better
www.feedingchildrenbetter.org
Florida Impact - Florida
www.flimpact.org
Food First
www.foodfirst.org
Hunger Consortium of NYS - New York
www.hungernys.org
Hunger Free America
www.hungerfreeamerica.org
Hunger Hurts
http://www.hungerhurts.org
Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center -- Pennsylvania
www.pahunger.org
Project Bread - Boston
www.projectbread.org
The Hunger Project
www.thp.org
Unicef
http://www.unicef.org
World Hunger
www.worldhunger.org
World Hunger Year
www.worldhungeryear.org
Online directories of nonprofit organizations
Charity Navigator Website
http://www.charitynavigator.org
IdeaList.org
www.idealist.org
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