In the Community:

Share Our Strength

The Grain Foods Foundation teamed up with Share Our Strength®, as the beneficiary of the 2011 Bread Art Project. Share Our Strength®, a national nonprofit, connects children with the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, active lives. Funds raised through the Bread Art Project supported Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® Campaign, a national effort to end childhood hunger in America by 2015.

It's a sad truth. There are millions of children facing hunger every day in the world's wealthiest nation. Nearly 17 million, in fact. That means that almost one in four children have limited or uncertain access to the nutritious foods, like whole and enriched grains, that they need in order to thrive.

The costs of childhood hunger are devastating. In addition to the more obvious physical consequences, such as impairment of growth and normal development, children who face hunger often suffer from more everyday ailments like stomachaches, headaches, colds, ear infections and fatigue. Additionally, hunger takes its toll on cognitive development and can cause children to have a diminished capacity to learn.

Share Our Strength works to end hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad by mobilizing industries and individuals, and creating community wealth, to promote lasting change. Thanks to your participation and creativity, the Grain Foods Foundation donated $200,000 to Share Our Strength in 2010 and 2011. Thank you to all who joined us to support Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry® Campaign.