Charity Chosen For The Year 2012
March 30th, 2012 - Park Forest, IL
Every year I choose a charitable organization to contribute 10% of my sales throughout the entire year. The donation is made the following January, in hopes that I am able to contribute the full year's earnings and grab as many Christmas/Holiday sales as possible. As an artist, even a struggling artist, I sincerely believe in giving back in some shape or form. This year I have chosen the "Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry" campaign, an initiative that you can find on the Food Network's website with all the information about the organization, their mission and how you can contribute. There are two ways to get there and the sites are as follows... http://www.strength.org or http://www.foodnetwork.com/share-our-strength/package/index.html.
Here is more information about the problem of childhood hunger in America taken from the Share Our Strength website:
Childhood Hunger in America
Nearly one in five children in America can’t count on having enough to eat. Their bodies may not be rail thin, nor their bellies bloated like their counterparts in other countries, but they’re at risk of hunger all the same. They lack the energy to learn, grow and thrive. Download the 2011 Childhood Hunger Factsheet.
More than 16 million children in America are at risk of hunger. That’s more than 1 in 5.
15.7 million children in America live in poverty.
18.6 million children benefit from SNAP (food stamps).
Over 20 million children get a free or reduced-price school lunch on an average school day.
Only 10.5 million children get a free or reduced-price school breakfast on an average school day.
6 out of 7 children who qualify for a free or reduced-price school lunch do not currently access free summer meals.
Sources: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; U.S. Census Bureau; Food Research and Action Center. For more statistics, please visit our Hunger Facts Page.
Even if you do not purchase any artwork or do not recommend my work to anyone else, I hope that you can find the compassion to give to this wonderful organization so that they may end Childhood hunger by the year 2015.