Lenny’s teaming up with ‘No Kid Hungry’ campaign

Lenny’s teaming up with ‘No Kid Hungry’ campaign

West Memphis eatery part of initiative to feed children

Special to the Evening Times According to data from the No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices, in Arkansas, over 28 percent of the childhood population goes to sleep hungry because they aren’t getting the food they need throughout the day, that means 196,000 children live in households that struggle to put food on the table.

In order to help combat these statistics, Lennys Grill & Subs, based out of Memphis, Tennessee, is teaming up with No Kid Hungry for the entire month of September in hopes of raising $30,000 by encouraging each customer to donate just $1 to the campaign. A $1 donation to No Kid Hungry is enough to provide a hungry child with as many as 10 meals.

The Lennys in West Memphis is participating, with their own in-store individual donation goals, working with No Kid Hungry towards ending childhood hunger.

About No Kid Hungry We’re working to end child hunger in America by connecting kids to effective nutrition programs like school breakfast and summer meals. This work is accomplished through the No Kid Hungry network, made up of private citizens, government officials, business leaders, and others providing innovative hunger solutions in their communities. These partners work together, implementing solutions that break down the barriers that keep kids from healthy food.

Through its Cooking Matters program, the No Kid Hungry campaign educates and empowers lowincome families to stretch their food budgets so their kids get healthy meals at home. Cooking Matters participants learn to shop strategically, use nutrition information to make healthier food choices, and cook delicious, affordable meals.

The No Kid Hungry campaign works to shine a national spotlight on the crisis of child hunger in America, creating a powerful movement of individuals committed to bold action. We build partnerships that enlist influential individuals in the cause and advocate policy changes needed to achieve our goals.

From Andy Sroka