THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HEROES

Dear Lucas,

The Food Network's documentary, Hunger Hits Home, premiered on Saturday.

In case you missed it, this important film took viewers on a journey across America and revealed that in this land of plenty, Americans are facing hunger. It highlighted three families and their struggles with hunger -- working parents that don't have enough to feed their four kids, an inner city family that doesn't have access to nutritious food and a single father fighting to keep his home and feed his son.

Hunger Hits Home also shined a light on our No Kid Hungry campaign and everyday heroes, like Principal Baba and his innovative school breakfast program, who are playing a critical role in fighting childhood hunger with the No Kid Hungry campaign. You can be a hero, too, by donating to the No Kid Hungry campaign and making sure children at risk of hunger get connected to the healthy, nutritious food they need to grow and thrive.

Remember, every dollar you give connects a child with food all year long. For example:

• $10 can help connect a kid with up to 100 meals;
• $25 can help provide a month's worth of snacks to a child in an afterschool program;
• $50 can help a family access nearly $900 in food assistance to make healthy meals at home; and
• $100 can help deliver nutritious meals to a child in need for three months.