About Taste of the Nation
Share Our Strength’s Childhood Hunger Strategy
In the world's wealthiest nation, no child should grow up hungry.
By the end of the year, more than 12 million children in America will worry about when their next meal will come. That's one in six who are at risk of hunger, and who have limited or uncertain access to the nutritious foods they need to develop to their full potential.
Despite its devastating and highly visible consequences, childhood hunger is invisible. You can't see it just by looking, and you can't measure it in pounds, but it is among us: It affects black, white, Asian and Hispanic, short and tall, thin and chubby.
Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry
In 2004, Share Our Strength developed its national strategy to end childhood hunger in America. This strategy focuses on long-term solutions that support access to nutritious foods and healthy choices—the difference between feeding a family tonight and ensuring that they never have to worry about when their next meal will come. It is designed to bridge the gaps between existing, effective programs and the families who need them. Learn More »
At its core are three sensible goals:
- Increase access to public and private programs that provide food to children and their families.
- Strengthen community infrastructure and systems that connect children to healthy food.
- Improve knowledge about available programs and how to get the most from limited resources.
How We Share Our Strength
Since 1988, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $70 million. Funds from Taste of the Nation are directly invested in the most successful organizations committed to ending childhood hunger in America. Working with state and local organizations across America, we implement our national childhood hunger strategy as well as its supporting 10-point plan. Learn more about our childhood hunger strategy and 10 point plan »
Internationally, Taste of the Nation has raised 85% of the more than $10.3 million Share Our Strength has granted to organizations. We focus our efforts in four priority countries, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Haiti and Mexico, that are working toward sustainable solutions to underdevelopment, poverty and hunger.
