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Share Our Strength

The Grain Foods Foundation recently teamed up with Share Our Strength®, this year's beneficiary of the Bread Art Project. It is Share Our Strength's mission 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 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, hungry children 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 hard to help close gaps between nutritious food programs and families in need. And you helped close that gap, too, simply by creating art at breadartproject.com. Thanks to your participation and creativity, the Grain Foods Foundation donated $100,000 to Share Our Strength. Thank you to all who joined us to support Share Our Strength and its program, Operation No Kid Hungry™.