This is a sponsored post with Champions for Kids and the Motherhood. All opinions are my own.
“I do not like being poor,” my daughter informed me crossly. The year was 2008 and the company Bryan worked for at the time was floundering. He had taken a huge pay cut, and with my daughter’s costly medical bills, we were struggling. We had always tried to help people in need, but this was a turning point. I vowed when we got back on our feet I would make sure my children knew the importance of helping others in need. That’s one of the reasons I love working with Champions For Kids. They work with local communities helping provide much needed food for kids. When I was invited to join forces with Champions for Kids, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Emerald and Kettle Chips in their #SnacksforStudents champion, I knew just the organization! My son’s school and the local food bank work together and this was a perfect opportunity to help kids who go home to empty cupboards.
Champions for Kids has an ambitious goal, they want to help 10 million children across the US in 2015. One of the ways they propose to help is through the Simple Giving #Snacksforstudents campaign, a program that hopes to make it simple for shoppers to purchase and donate items children need. Here’s how you can help: Just visit any one of the 3600 participating Walmart stores across the country and pick up a few food items. On your way out, drop the food off in the Champions for Kids bin. All the food stays in your community, helping kids in your area.
Even better, during the #SnacksforStudents campaign, Champions for Kids, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Emerald and Kettle Chips will provide 13 awards, totaling $45,000, to school districts and participating youth-based organizations. They’ll be providing the awards based on the total number of donated items collected in each store, so now is the perfect time to donate!
Being able to help others in need is a great feeling. I’m excited to be able to participate and try to ensure no kids in our area go to bed hungry. Want to learn more? .
I love this idea. There are so many people in our communities that need help and I applaud organizations that step up to the plate and provide assistance.
What an awesome campaign to be a part of! I want to help too, I’ll be looking for those bins for sure.
Awesome program and so easy to give back. Next time I’m at Wal-mart, we’ll have to drop something in the bin!
What a great incentive. It is so important to give back bc we never know when we will need the help!
What an awesome program for kids.its always nice to know when someone can help.
What an awesome program! We don’t have a lot to give, but we always try to do something. And those kettle chips are super tasty.
Isn’t this such a great program? I’m so excited to be participating in it and helping out a local church.
I love this, after all giving back is the greatest thing you can do. A great job being done to help kids in a community. I would definitely do my best to donate what I can, when I shop next time.
I had never heard of Champions For Kids – but wow – it sounds like a really well run organization – and if/when I see their box I’ll now be aware to help out! So glad you’re back on your family sounds like you’re back to normal 🙂
What a great organization! I love companies that totally reach out and help others in need.
This is such a wonderful program! I know how important it is to make sure our kids know the importance of charity!
We are all a steep step away from being poor. You just never know.
What a fantastic program! I love their goal of helping 10 million kids in 2015. It is sad that so many kids need help but I am glad there is help for them.
What a great organization! I’d totally buy a few bags of Kettle Chips for the cause 🙂
I love that giving back is prominent in your thinking, even when you were having challenges of your own. I think it is wonderful to help when you and kudos for this program for doing so too!
I have never tried these chips This is such a great program though.
What a wonderful thing! I’ll be looking for that box, as well!
I will make sure I contribute to this when I go shopping this week at Walmart. This is really a great way to give and contribute to a good cause.
From someone who has been on the receiving end of charitable causes such as this, it’s a life saver. I want to thank you and others who donate to these causes because it really does help and as humbling as it is asking for help, it’s even better to give back. Thank you for sharing this information. I’ll be checking locally to see if we have this in our area so I can pay it forward.
Champions For Kids is such a great organization! I love how easy they make it to donate. I used to work at a food bank, and I saw first hand what a difference it made for families.
This sounds like a great program and most definitely helpful! Great way to help!
I’m a big fan of donating, this sounds like a really nice program!
This is a super easy way to help out kids in the community. Anyone would be able to do it!
This is some great things they are doing.Good way teach compassion.
Great Program.. I would definitely donate items to those Bins as Hunger and Poverty are not first on anyone’s list.
Sounds like a great organization! Thanks for helping to get the word out!
What a wonderful way to give back to the community. And those chips are amazing! lol
What a great cause. I have not yet seen these bins but I will definitely keep my eyes open for them now!
This is a great way of giving back and they’ve made it so easy. What a great lesson for the kids also.
What a wonderful great cause! You are right no one should go hungry!
I love champions for kids! Great cause.
I have not seen these bins at our store, I will keep my eyes open for it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
This is such a great program. Nobody should ever go hungry especially kids. I will keep an eye out for the donation bins.
What a great idea – I love that these things make it so easy to help others. x
This is such a great program. We have programs within our schools that help families and I try to support local programs as much as possible.
what a great way to help. I like that they make it easy.
I think it is great when companies Give Back to the community. Next shopping trip I will look for the donation box and I will be donating.
I am going to have to be looking for those donation bins. How nice that all these companies are giving back to the community.
I am going to keep an eye out, too. I think this is a great campaign.
What a GREAT program. I love that they make it easy to help out.