Kellogg’s Share Your Breakfast – help kids get a healthy meal

I get a warm and fuzzy feeling inside when I see huge companies doing good things for those in need. Right now the warm feeling just melts my heart, as Kellogg’s has teamed up with Action for Healthy Kids so that children do not go to school hungry. Kellogg’s is asking people to take pictures and “share their breakfast” on their website (www.shareyourbreakfast.com). One photo upload to www.shareyourbreakfast.com or the word SHARE texted with a photo or a description of your breakfast to 21534 equals one shared breakfast.

Unfortunately I hear about this problem all too often, and many parents either cannot afford to provide a healthy breakfast, or their child may go to school hungry due to other circumstances.  Breakfast is such an important meal – it feeds the brain and fuels the body.   Speaking for myself, I know I do not function as well when I haven’t had breakfast {and a growling stomach is a distraction – especially while trying to learn!}.    No child should have to experience this kind of hunger.  They should have full bellies and proper nutrition so they can concentrate on important things like learning.

What Kellogg’s is doing is not only helping children –  it is allowing you to do something fun, while also helping the kids!  The Kellogg’s Share Your Breakfast program is  free and really easy to do. You can make a difference!

Kellogg’s goal is to share 1 million breakfasts in the 2011-2012 school year.   How cool is that?

• Nearly 1 in 4 kids in America struggle with hunger.
• The Kellogg Company believes in the power of breakfast and how breakfast can help families make the most of each day’s possibilities.
• Through July, Kellogg’s is asking people to take a picture of their breakfast and share it at ShareYourBreakfast.com
• Share your breakfast with Kellogg’s, and they’ll share breakfast with a child who needs it.

What else can you do to help? I’m glad you asked!  You can share a picture {or even a description} of your breakfast, as mentioned above, and you can also sign up for the  Share Your Breakfast Twitter party on Tuesday, March 8 from 10 – 12 AM EST. For every tweet tomorrow with your breakfast description and the #shareurbreakfast hashtag Kellogg’s will donate a breakfast to a child who lives in a food insecure home. I hope you will participate! Although this isn’t a typical Twitter party with big prizes, you can win $5 full-value Kellogg’s coupons. The rewards are much bigger than your average Twitter party though – you will be helping America’s hungry children.  It doesn’t get better than that 🙂  Visit www.mombloggersclub.com for more details.

Want to help even more?  Join Action for Healthy Kids, and you will receive valuable information to help your local school be healthy and to help your family eat well and be active.

If you happen to be in the New York area, come out for the official Share Your Breakfast kickoff March 8, 2011 in New York City’s Grand Central Station. Share Your Breakfast will be celebrating National Breakfast Day and serving breakfast to thousands of people from 6 a.m. to noon.

Thanks for helping!

*I was compensated for this posted, from Mom Bloggers Club.