I’m Natalie Holtzinger and I’m with the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. The National Student Campaign is committed to ending poverty through engaging and training the next generation of leaders in meeting individuals’ immediate needs while working for long-term systemic change.
This Spring we have an excellent opportunity for your students to get involved in fighting poverty locally as well as providing much needed funds for ongoing Haiti relief work: the Hunger Cleanup.
This Spring, join over 100 campuses in the Hunger Cleanup-- historically one of the largest student-driven days of service in the country—to your campus.
Participants can register at www.hungercleanup.org.
With the financial crisis, anti-poverty organizations across the country are feeling the brunt of it. Local food banks have seen an increase in demand as more people are relying on their services to get by day-to-day. At the same time, recent decreases in donations are leaving food banks struggling to fill the gap.
Students from all over will form teams with their friends to raise the funds necessary to make sure that organizations have the resources necessary to combat hunger and poverty. Then, everyone will be rolling up their sleeves on April 10 for a day of service and action—planting community gardens, painting food banks, serving hot meals at soup kitchens and the like.
Have your students grab their paintbrushes and friends and register today at www.hungercleanup.org.
Don’t see your school listed as a site? Send me an e-mail with your school name and location at Natalie@studentsagainsthunger.org and I’ll make sure it gets added.
Don’t forget to have students download the Hunger Cleanup manual on our Manuals and Factsheets page at www.studentsagainsthunger.org. It will serve as their step-by-step guide to making a difference on this pressing issue.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Natalie Holtzinger
Natalie R. Holtzinger
Program Director
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
Office: 312-291-0349 x302
Cell: 219-775-9790
natalie@studentsagainsthunger.org
