SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH

Take action to fight hunger! What's YOUR way?

Advocate

Donate

Experience

Organize

Volunteer

Advocate.Taking a stand can mean raising your voice, raising awareness, and rallying for change. Advocacy is a powerful and critical way to make a difference. You can speak up for others, ask for change, and work to draw attention to the issue of hunger in our area. Join the Hunger Action Center and learn all the ways you can be a hunger relief advocate.

Donate. During Hunger Action Month, we encourage you to fight hunger in a big way by giving up something small. Get out the brown bags and pack your lunch, eat in for an entire week, and then take the money you save by not eating out and donate it to our Hunger Action Month campaign. For every dollar donated, Channel One can provide enough food for five meals.

Experience. We always understand an idea better when we truly experience it. Try living on a food stamp budget for a week (or a day), read to your kids about food insecurity, or fast for a day.

Organize. Getting other people involved can really make a difference! Can you see yourself planning a group activity, a fundraising event, or maybe organizing a rally or awareness-raising potluck event? If you have co-workers, a youth group, friends, fellow congregants, teammates, and are willing to get them together to tackle the hunger issue, organization is your way! You could organize a Brown Bag Lunch Day (or Week) and encourage co-workers, fellow students, etc, to bring in brown bag lunches for a day (or a week), and donate the money saved to Channel One.

Volunteer. Thousands of volunteers make programs at Channel One possible. Their jobs range from sorting and stocking food, working in the garden, repackaging bulk food items or assisting with special events. Whether you can volunteer for an hour or a hundred hours, your time will make a difference. To find out more about how you can gift a gift of your time please contact Channel One's Development Associate and Volunteer Recruiter Maggie Parham.