Help Channel One Show America We Can Meet the Challenge!

Channel One is excited to announce our involvement in the Pound for Pound Challenge! Now in its second year, this program has partnered with NBC’s The Biggest Loser and General Mills to encourage Americans to “Lose Nationally, Feed Locally.” And we need your support to make our involvement a success!

Participating is easy and your impact can be huge. Simply sign up and pledge your weight loss goals at www.pfpchallenge.com. For every pound you pledge, General Mills and other partners will donate 14 cents to Channel One! In addition, you can quickly and easily gain encouragement for reaching your goal and pledges through the program’s Friends & Family Online Fundraising program, Challenge Plus. With Challenge Plus you can increase your support of Channel One and involve your friends and family in the fight against hunger.

Please help us by signing up now and encouraging others to sign up and/or pledge! It’s a great opportunity for our supporters to do something good for themselves and do something good for our community. If you are participating in the Pound for Pound Challenge at work or with a club or group, please e-mail Jen Woodford and tell us about your plans. We want to keep track of all the groups who are supporting Channel One through the Pound for Pound Challenge!

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This fall the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, is continuing a revamped venison donation program that allows Minnesota deer hunters to donate deer to food shelves and feeding programs, including Channel One. In addition to providing an excellent source of protein to people in need, this program helps reduce local deer populations. Most of the changes in the program focus on how the venison is processed. In the past, most of the meat would be ground. Now, the meat will only be processed in whole muscle cuts, including roasts, chops, steaks, and stew meat.

In order to donate a deer, hunters must have their deer processed at a Minnesota Department of Agriculture-registered meat processing plant that has agreed to participate in the program. Registered processors in our area are: R Four Meats in Chatfield; Buck Ridge Meats in Millville; and Litschers Meat Processing in Rushford. All hunters looking to donate a deer are strongly advised to contact the processor before bringing in a deer to make sure they are still able to handle the animal. Again, it is important to note that hunters are not allowed to donate venison directly to a food charity - they must work with an approved processing plant.