SHARE OUR STRENGTH2013-2014 South Dakota Community Peer Education Outreach Project

SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY PEER EDUCATION TEAM 2013-2014 Chantel Brende - Baltic Caroline Crinion - Brookings Sr

Isaac Schaal - Brookings Sr Kaitlyn Hague - Highmore Brittany Hinkle – Highmore Catherine Leber - Parker Afton Burns - Phillip Elizabeth Hansen - Redfield Matt Jensen -Winner Josey Blare – Winner Adviser Natalie Madsen – Sioux Valley

SHARE OUR STRENGTH MISSION

Share our Strength is a non-profit organization whose main mission is “to end hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad by mobilizing industries and individuals and creating community wealth to promote lasting change. They accomplish this through a three step process: raising funds, magnifying, granting funds, charitable infrastructure work, and sustaining charitable work.”

SHARE OUR STRENGTH VISION No Kid Hungry- Share our Strength Program Teach people to utilize opportunities

Food Stamps WIC- food stamps specifically for young mothers and their children Reduced meals for kids at school with families with less income Summer lunch programs Food banks

End childhood hunger by 2015 Engage youth in the national anti-hunger movement by encouraging

and educating a new generation of passionate and dedicated young leaders who will advocate for this cause among their school peers and friends

HISTORY OF SHARE OUR STRENGTH Founded in 1984 The Great American Bake Sale started selling baked goods in 2003 Mission changed to ending CHILDHOOD hunger in 2004 Since 2011 Share Our Strength has provided 34 million additional

meals to children in the United States FCCLA has partnered with Share our Strength until 2016

FACTS ABOUT CHILDHOOD HUNGER 16.2 million or 1 in 5 American children suffer from hunger 40.3 million people in America got help through SNAP (food

stamps) in 2010; half of them were children 19 million kids get a free or reduced-price school lunch on an

average school day 5 out of 6 eligible kids do not get free summer meals Children who struggle with hunger are sick more often, recover

more slowly, and are more likely to be hospitalized Lack of enough nutritious food impairs a child's ability to

concentrate and perform well in school.

HUNGER IN SOUTH DAKOTA Food Insecurity in South Dakota is 18.3% Food insecurity means the percentage of children under eighteen

years old living in households that experience limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods at some point during the year.

50,000 low-income children in South Dakota receive free or reduced price lunch

Only 18% of children eating reduced price school lunch are getting summer meals

Youth and Family Services in South Dakota have increased the number of meals offered to students by 632. These efforts helped provide 4,108 meals to kids, ensuring that they had healthy, hunger free summers.

OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVEDTake the PledgeGive ServiceRaise Funds

TAKE THE PLEDGE

FCCLA members can take a pledge through Share Our Strength

The Pledge: I believe that no child in America should go hungry. By pledging today, I add my voice to the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America by 2015.

Members can do this by visiting www.nokidhungry2.org/fccla-and-no-kid-hungry

GIVE SERVICE IDEAS Backpack program

You can work through Feeding America or within your chapter to help send food home with kids who battle with hunger over the weekend.

Food Bank or Soup Kitchen There are many soup kitchens, food banks, and banquets that could use your help to either

organize food or just serve it. Breakfast Programs

You can help set up a program within your school to help feed kids in the morning. This will help all kids start the day off with a healthy start.

Trick-Or-Treat In the month of October you can hold a night where you go around and collect either

nonperishable food items, or you can collect one dollar donations for Share Our Strength. One dollar can give a child up to 10 healthy meals!

TH POSSIBILITES ARE ENDLESS

RAISE FUNDS Great American Bakesale

The great American Bakesale is a program designed by Share Our Strength. It is an effort done throughout the country and can be held anytime of year. FCCLA members can plan and implement a bake sale. Afterwards you then send all the funds to Share Our Strength

Dance-A-Thon Through student and business donations host an all-night or 12 hour dance in which students participate in

activities, games and dancing til dawn in order to raise money for Share our Strength. Bingo Night

Get prize donations from local business men and women. Host a night where people can pay per/card (.25) or for the night($5). Donate any proceeds to Share Our Strength

Game Night Host a Kickball, Dodge ball, Volleyball, Softball night. Team members can pay ($3) or bring in food donations to play

and funds will go towards Share Our Strength or items to a local agency Paper Chains

Sell paper chains ($1) and hang up around the school or at an athletic event. Proceeds will go to Share Our Strength

THE POSSIBLITIES ARE ENDLESS!

INCENTIVES FOR DONATIONS THROUGH NATIONAL SHARE OUR STRENGTH

Recognition of Chapter and State Efforts by National FCCLA Participation in the National FCCLA Outreach Program Deadline: May 1, 2014 **Please remember that in order to receive recognition, you must send

your check to Share Our Strength’s National Headquarters.** If your chapter raised $500 – Share Our Strength Wristband If your chapter raised $1,000 – Share Our Strength Pin If your chapter raised $2,000 – Share Our Strength Sunglasses If your chapter raises $4,000 – Share Our Strength T-shirt

RESOURCES

GENERAL RESOURCES No Kid Hungry/ Share Our Strength Website http://nokidhingry2.org/ Introduction to Share our Strength http://nokidhungry2.org/files/about-sos.ppt No Kid Hungry In: Poster http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/N0-Kid-Hungr

y-In.pdf

VIDEO RESOURCES Lily, Her mom, and No Kid Hungry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtODh6fQ5i0 Project SNAP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_V9Jald7g&list=UUbeI0QOEW

9rkk_xk_2ThuYg&index-4&feature=plpp_video All YouTube No Kid Hungry Videos http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUbel0QOEW9rkk_xk_2ThuY

g&feature=plcp

CURRICULUM RESOURCES Selfless Sam http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit269/lesson1.html Hunger and Your Community http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit453/lesson1.html Hunger Hurts http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit81/lesson2.html

RAISING AWARENESS RESOURCES Cooking Matters-Education Tools http://cookingmatters.org/what-we-do/educational-outreach/ Pledge Sheet http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NKH-Pledge-

Sheet1.pdf The Real Facts About Childhood Hunger http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NKH-The-Rea

l-Facts1.pdf

FUNDRAISING RESOURCES

Paper Chain http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Chain-Pin-Up.

pdf Donation Pin Up http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nkh-donor-ca

rdv2.pdf Raising Money at Events http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Raising-mon

ey-at-events2.pdf

NO KID HUNGRY AND YOU RESOURCES

Information Sheet http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Campus-One

-Paer9.pdf Event Ideas http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/unploads/2012/01/Event-Ideas

-Final1.pdf Constitution Template http://nokidhungry2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Constitution-

Template1.pdf

OUR GOALS FOR SD FCCLAEncourage Chapters to promote more Share Our Strength distribution centers in South Dakota in their area

We would like to raise at least $10,000 for childhood hunger including local, state and national funds raised throughout the school year

HOW TO DONATEMake local monetary or food donations as normalSend Share Our Strength donations to the national level - memo FCCLA

Keep track of all donations and service hours throughout the year

WHAT TO REPORTChapters will be able to be recognized for amount of food items collected.

Chapters will be able to be recognized for funds raised in support of ending childhood hunger. This will include local and state donations, as well as Share Our Strength donations.

Chapters will be recognized for chapter member hours spent actively addressing childhood hunger.

ALL CHAPTERS PARTICIPATING IN THESE THREE AREAS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT STATE LEADERSHIP MEETING IN APRIL