What is Share Our Strength?
Check out everything that Share Our Strength does to help ensure that no child ever has to grow up hungry.
Buy Taste of the Nation tickets
The Taste of the Nation Ithaca Ambassadors are available to sell you your tickets and tell you all about the event!
Jerry Dietz
Judy Dietz
Rocio Zepp
Dan Smalls
Melinda Alvich
Dale Schumacher
Sally Schwartzbach
June Gee
Rhoda Janis
Tim Andersen
Tracy Wiles
Jonathan Meyerhoff
David Cho
Jyl Dowd
Barbara Lang
Shelly McGuire
Erik Lehmann
Robert Miller
Andrew Novakovic
Carol Ann Brustcab@cspmanagement.com
Natasha Thompson
Rachel Hogencamp
Paul Strebelpaul@strebelcpa.com
Julie Crowley
Vicki Taylor
Brenda Rodriquez
You are also welcome to purchase your [...]
Video of the Chili-Fest Cook-off
This video is of the 12th Annual Chili Cook-off in downtown Ithaca. It shows the cornbread being sold for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program for BJM…As well as so many other great chef’s and events!
The Crisis: Childhood Hunger
Childhood Hunger
17 million children in the US—that’s nearly one in four—struggle with hunger.
Undernourished children suffer from:
Impaired cognitive development
Long-term emotional & health problems
Decreased educational attainment
Decreased productivity
TEACHER SURVEY RESULTS (Share our Strength National Survey)
Too Many Kids are Coming To School Too Hungry to Learn
62% of teachers say they see children who regularly come to school hungry each [...]
Share our Strength’s 10 point plan
Share our Strength, our national partner in ending childhood hunger by 2015 has a 10 point plan in place to do just that. We would like to make you aware of this plan.
At Share Our Strength, we don’t just talk about ending childhood hunger in America-we have a strategic plan to do it. It begins [...]
Cornbread for Kids a giant success!
We are pleased to announce that we raised $1,130.50 for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program at Beverly J. Martin Elementary school on Saturday Feb. 20th.
The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program is a USDA program and the program at BJM is a pilot program that is privately funded.
You can read more about this [...]
Restaurant & Wineries committed for 2010 event
Here is a list of the restaurants and wineries that have already committed to the 2010 Taste of the Nation Ithaca event and to doing their part to end childhood hunger in our region. (not in any particular order) Please take some time to visit their web sites and their stores/restaurants.
Wineries / Beer Brewers / [...]