Great American Dine Out In Full Swing

Share Our Strength’s “Great American Dine Out,” a week-long effort to raise $’s and awareness, is going full tilt this week. All the information you need, including a participating local restaurant map search, is available here. For all our Twitter friends, you can follow the events  @Dine_Out, and the Hashtag Feeds are #DineOut and #NoKidHungry.

Even more: Check out Share Our Strength’s The #No Kid Hungry Daily, an electronic “newspaper,” featuring articles and real-time Twitter feeds that’s updated, as the name suggests, “daily.”

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Great Florida Info Via Kids Have Rights

Picked up some great info in two recent posts on the Kids Have Rights site. Jump straight to the site here, or read their posts, below:

Poverty Hinders Education (Duh?)

Restating the obvious? Whatever, let’s take nothing away from the Fort Meyers News-Press, who has an excellent multimedia presentation about poverty and challenges in Southwest Florida. Check out the story and features here.

Florida Is In The Top 3 Nationwide For Kids Without Health Insurance

The Orlando Business Journal reports that Florida is one of the top three states in the U.S. for uninsured children who are eligible for coverage under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, according to a report published by Project HOPE, a nonprofit international health education organization. The complete report is here, or you can check out the Business Journal Article here.

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We’ll be Off the Grid Today Doing a Day of Service

We’ll be off the grid today doing a day of service in honor of those who have suffered as a result of the events of 9/11/01. ‘

Join the movement: http://ht.ly/2CKxN

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End Child Hunger, One Meal At A Time …

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It’s The Right Thing To Do… 9/11 Day Of Service

How will you choose to remember, and honor, the sacrifices of the day? Make a difference on 9/11 this year by exploring charitable causes that need your help. Sign up/volunteer, adopt a cause, post a good deed. Go the the National Day of Service site to learn more.

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#Twitterforfood – Skip a Meal, Donate, Take the Pledge

 

Twitter for Food is back with it’s monthly call to skip a meal today, and donate the money that you save to end childhood hunger. You can donate to our organization, End Childhood Hunger,  directly via our web site, and also join thousands participating on Twitter. This month, we are also asking that you take the pledge to do something about hunger as part of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month.

 

Skip a Meal and Take the Pledge – http://bit.ly/9SXgVu
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Contribute To Charities As You Shop And Share With “Endorse For A Cause”

Contribute To Charities As You Shop And Share With “Endorse For A Cause.”
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/F-8ldGzQges/Shared via Pulse 

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Stay Puft Caffeinated Marshmallows

 

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Representatives from 18 Countries Call for Global Support of School Feeding Programs

Representatives from 18 Countries Call for Global Support of School Feeding Programs
http://www.gcnf.org/news/representatives-from-18-countries-call-for-global-support-of-school-feeding-programs/Shared via Pulse 

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2010 Wellness Event to Change Our World

2010 Wellness Event to Change Our World
http://www.gcnf.org/news/2010-wellness-event-to-change-our-world/Shared via Pulse 

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