Starting to plan for 2015 Food Drive

It's time to end childhood hunger in America. Here's how you can make youth-led food drives more meaningful, fun, and effective.   1 in 5 children in America face hunger; One in seven Americans turns to the Feeding America food bank network for assistance. Thirty-nine percent of their client households have a child under age 18. This is a problem we can solve, and it's time to get involved. Thank you for joining YSA, Sodexo Foundation, and our incredible partners and youth leaders for this online presentation to learn how youcan take action to end childhood hunger by making youth-led food drives more meaningful, fun, and effective. Watch and share the presentation.  Archived webinars, including the first two in this series, are also available at:www.YSA.org/engaging_youth_fighting_childhood_hunger    Links & Resources from the Webinar Here are the links to all the resources mentioned during the presentation. Introduction Get all the facts about childhood hunger. See the key findings from Feeding America's Hunger in America 2014 report. Watch a video about the work of Sodexo Foundation. Fighting for Food: A Guide to Running Successful Food Drives in High School Download Fighting for Food: A Guide to Running Successful Food Drives in High School. Hear more from Maria Belding and watch her share "Six Suggestions for Serving With Students." Service Story #1: Collecting Healthier Food Get resources to host a SuperFood Drive. National Coalition for the Homeless - National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week  Find out what's happening during National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. Follow the action online at #HandHWeek. Use Hunger & Homelessness Week to start planning future activities.Download a planning manual. Service Story #2: Zach Bonner & Little Red Wagon Foundation Learn more about Zach's recent Food for a Million world-record breaking food drive.   FROGs (Friends Reaching Our Goals)  Learn more about Will Lourcey and how his organization makes helping others fun. Service Story #3: Making Food Drives Fun & Easy Be inspired by profiles of some of last year's Sodexo Foundation Youth Grant projects. Learn how Move for Hunger can make running your food drive easier - including getting moving trucks to help you transport donated food. Get activity ideas, including Hunger Banquets, from Oxfam America. Other Resources from YSA  Learn about YSA's 10 Ways You Can Help End Childhood Hunger.  Download YSA's No Kid Hungry Guide (for youth) or A Teacher's Guide to Engaging a New Generation of Anti-Hunger Leaders. Opportunities for Young Leaders Young leaders ages 5-25 can apply for Sodexo Foundation's Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships to #Get5Give5 through December 5.   Youth ages 9-16, apply for a Katie's Krops Grant by December 31. The next deadline for Campus Kitchens Start-Up Grants is February 1. YSA's Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants will be awarded to 100 young leaders to support Global Youth Service Day (April 17-19, 2015) projects that help end childhood hunger. Apply by January 15.    This webinar was presented by YSA (Youth Service America) with the support of Sodexo Foundation.

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