Champions for Kids Simple Service Projects: #AbbottCFK Nutrition Pack A Snack #cbias

Do you remember last month when I participated in the Champions for Kids: SIMPLE Service Project and created a Disney themed stocking for a child in need? Well, I am once again participating in one of the AWESOME Champions for Kids projects! This time I am participating inthe Abbott Champions for Kids campaign.

You may be asking yourself what that is? I’ll tell you. Abbott is the creator of products such as Similac, Pediasure, Ensure and Zone Perfect Bars to name a few. For the Abbott Champions for Kids campaign I will be making a Snack Pack and donating it to a child who could use some extra nourishment. You’d be surprised at the statistics for your counties. Many, MANY children are in need of a good meal. Just look at these statistics from around the country:

•     More than16 million children under the age of eighteen in the United States are food insecure—unable to consistently access adequate amount of nutritious food necessary for a healthy life.        Even more heartbreaking is the fact that more than three million children under    the    age    of    five are food insecure.

•     While having enough food is important, the nutritional quality of that food is    equally
important.  Approximately 17% (or    12.5    million)  of  children and adolescents ages 2 –19 are obese, and 1 of 7 low-income, preschool-aged children is obese.
(Sources:  Feeding America; Center For Disease Control)

What many people don’t seem to realize, and I’m saying this to explain my opinion of some of these obesity numbers, is that if you have lost income but still don’t qualify for WIC or food assistance programs or if you don’t know where to find the resources a bag of cheeseburgers from the value menu is usually cheaper than purchasing food to cook a full meal. I am saying this from experience with a family of 6. No, it isn’t right, but it is a fact that many will relate to. And, no, I don’t feed my family cheeseburgers every day or even every week but I do know that it can be cheaper. But it isn’t healthier. Some families have to sacrifice healthier for a while in order to make ends meet. I get that. I understand it. So I am going to make my Snack Packs and donate them to the local Community Action Center so that some of these children and their parents can have some nutrition added to their diet. I am going to make one for the kids but I am also going to make a Snack Pack for the adults in their lives because they will function better with a healthy snack as well.

CALL TO ACTION: I’m asking that you also join in and create a Snack Pack for a child/family in need in your area using the great Abbott products. Details can be found here: http://championsforkids.org/simple-service2/

I’ll be posting my Snack Packs in a separate post so stay tuned for that.

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