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Abbott Champions for Kids – My Donation #AbbottCFK #CBias #ChampionsforKids
If you are a regular reader here, you will know that I am working with Champions For Kids to make kids lives better in my area. At Christmas time, I worked with them to create a stocking full of Disney products. Now, I am working with them and Abbott Nutrition to help those who don’t have enough foods.
The charity I choose to donate a Snack Pack to was the Catholic Charities here in Chicago. The food pantries in the southwest suburbs of Chicago serve approximately 2,800 people a month (and this is 2010 – 2011 statistic. I can guarantee that it is much worse now.) The supper programs that Catholic Charities serve gave away more than 9,000 hot meals in the southwest suburbs. The Catholic Charities summer lunch program provided 282,000 meals to children that summer. Since the economy tanked, the need for this food pantry didn’t double – it tripled! It just makes me ill that there are people in my own community that are food poor.
Here is my shop for this campaign and what we were able to buy and donate to Catholic Charities:
As you can see, we were able to put together a pretty good assortment of snacks to donate. Catholic Charities was also very grateful for our donation (Unfortunately, I was not allowed to take any pictures of them. They just allowed me take a picture of their food pantry). I just wish I could have done more. What are you doing for your community?
This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias
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Abbott Champions for Kids #AbbottCFK #CBias #ChampionsforKids
Did you know that more than 16 million children under the age of eighteen in the United States are food
insecure? Food insecure means that they are unable to consistently access adequate amounts of nutritious food necessary for a healthy life. What is even worse is that more than three million children under the age of five are food insecure. The developing immune systems of young children ages 0 – 5 make them especially vulnerable to nutritional deprivation and as a result, the ability to learn, grow, and fight infections is adversely affected. If you live in a low income district like I do (which it wasn’t when we moved here!), you’ll find that if half the kids in your school aren’t eating correctly, how do you expect them to learn?
My local statistics don’t sound much better. The food pantries in the southwest suburbs of Chicago serve
approximately 2,800 people a month (and this is 2010 – 2011 statistic. I can guarantee that it is much worse now.) The supper programs that Catholic Charities serve gave away more than 9,000 hot meals in the southwest suburbs. The Catholic Charities summer lunch program provided 282,000 meals to children that summer.
I know that those statistics make you as sick as they make me, but there are ways you can help. Learn about the hunger needs of children in your community by inviting a teacher, social worker, food pantry employee, or homeless shelter volunteer to talk with your family, friends, and co-workers. Gather your family, friends, and co-workers and ask them to bring nutritious foods like Pediasure®, Pediasure SideKicks®, and ZonePerfect® bars to help children in need. Give the nutritious food to a school, church, food pantry, or non-profit organization in your community. These organizations need snacks and meals for children who do not get enough nutritious food on a daily basis. This food doesn’t just help children have enough to eat – it helps them have happier and healthier futures.
There are several reasons why my family chose the Catholic Charities to donate a snack pack to. My daughter attends a Catholic School, and we are Catholic. 92 cents of every dollar they raise goes directly to serve people. They serve anyone in need regardless of their race, ethnic background, or religious affiliation. Catholic Charities is also the largest provider of social services in the State of Illinois. In FY08, Catholic Charities gave out over $69,000 in homeless prevention money in the southwest suburbs which is estimated to save almost $900,000 in shelter costs and human services.
I totally understand that not everyone can give food. Here are a few of their volunteer opportunities:
Food
Assist at suppers (5 locations) by serving dinner, soliciting donations, acting as a lead volunteer
Provide a meal to the young moms participating in the MAPP program at St. James in Maywood
Provide a meal for residents at Cookes Manor Hines
Provide a meal for families living in interim housing
Food Related
Organize food drives
Package food to be distributed to the hungry
Screen clients for food stamps
Basic Human Needs
Work in clothing rooms and food pantries
Assist at our health fairs
Assemble survival packs
I’ve learned since the economy has tanked that the demand for Catholic Charities has tripled. I am glad to do my part, and my next post will show you what we were able to donate to them with the help of Champions for Kids.
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The Power Of Parents
It is amazing that we are given this little gift of life without a handbook. We try our best to keep them safe. However, there are some things as parents we should know. I was lucky enough to be invited onto a phone call with the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children and learned a lot of information about keeping my kids safe. My goal is let you know what I have learned, so your children don’t become a statistic.
Did you know that most abduction attempts occur after school? It is usually between the hours of 2 pm – 7 pm. Almost half of nonfamily abduction attempts happen when a child is walking to or from school (or some related school activity).
Did you know that the majority of children affected by abduction attempts are girls between 10 – 14?
Did you know that only 58% of parents have talked to their children about this?
This is scary information. I remember when I was a kid, and I could go play outside myself. Now, I would never let my kids outside by themselves! I am so glad to see that Duracell and The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) have teamed together to give us parents a handbook to start a conversation with our children. Best of all, this is free of charge! The Child Safety Handbook can be downloaded right from the linked site.
Now, we were able to ask questions and mine revolved around what to tell my 4 year old daughter. I don’t want to scare her, but I also don’t want to not have this conversation with her. The advice I was given for her age is that we really need to get away from “stranger danger”. The problem with stranger danger is that it portrays strangers as these scary bad people, and that is not what strangers look like. We need to talk about the situations that have been tried and are effective — like the puppy trick. We need to teach our children that it is okay to say no to stranger and that if an adult needs help, they will ask another adult, not a child. Our response cannot be fear based, and we must also reassure our children.
I highly recommend downloading that handbook. You will find a ton of helpful information no matter how old your child is. The Power of Parents Child Safety Handbook provides safety tips from the experts at NCMEC for four age groups: infant to toddler, ages 4-6, ages 7-11, and ages 12-17. The handbook outlines age-appropriate tips and scenarios that parents need to be aware of, as well as some outside influences that may be impacting their child’s actions. If reading this handbook could potentially save your child, it is well worth taking the time to download and read it.
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