With Summer in full swing the kids are enjoying the break from school and our normal routines. This is usually a fun time to be a kid when you can spend the day playing, not worrying about homework, and even staying up late. But one of the things we may not think about is that Summer can be a very hard time for children that come from low-income families. During the school year low-income children are provided with free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Then suddenly when school is out for Summer those meals vanish, leaving many children hungry. Local food pantries and Summer food programs help children avoid hunger and relieve the financial stress from low-income families who now have additional meals to budget for.
Below are some facts from the Champions for Kids website:
Did You Know?
• When school lets out for the summer, millions of low-income children lose access to the school breakfasts, lunches and after-school snacks they receive during the regular school year.
• Only 1 out of 6 children who receive free or reduced-price meals during the school year continue to receive meals during the summer months.
• Low-income families with children face even more challenges during the summer when they stretch their food budget to provide additional meals for their children.
• The most recent national study of food insecurity found that 5.6 million American families accessed emergency food from a food pantry at least once in 2009.
Together we can help make a change in a child’s life by hosting a food drive with family and friends to donate to a local food pantry. This months SIMPLE Service project theme was Post Bowls of Hope #PostCFK Buy 2 boxes of Post cereal, one for your family and another to donate. I recently asked my sisters if they had any non-perishable items to donate then gathered our items for our local food pantry. I also purchased a few boxes of Post cereals for our kit (you can view more pictures on Google+).
The kids and I made Fruity Pebbles Treats with the cereal box we chose to keep. The recipe is quite simple: 6 cups of Fruity Pebbles, 4 cups of mini marshmallows, and 3 tablespoons of butter. The kids loved them!
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Great cause and yummy looking snack!
A super yummy treat and an even better cause! Thanks for sharing the info. :)
I love the look of these. So much more playful and fun than rice crispy treats. Great idea.
Yum! I love marshmallow treats! Great job collecting your food items!
Crystal, this turned out great! Looks so colorful and yummy.
what a great cause and a sweet treat!
yum yum. Can I stop by for some cereal bars? These look so great. Great initiative on your side. Love the project!
I Love how colorful your cookies are! It would be great if you came over to Cast Party Wednesday and shared your fun recipe with us. Thanks, I hope to see you there! —Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain—
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Wow, I never thought about that. Thanks for this post! It caught my eye because we made these today as part of our Rainbow-themed week of activities. :)
I love this colorful twist. I can imagine so many birthday parties where this would be the perfect treat. I’d like to invite you to link up at my party, Fabulous Thursday. http://www.fivelittlechefs.com/2012/06/fantastic-thursday-link-party-1.html
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Super delicious and fun looking treats !!
I love the colors! Yum!
I would love for you to link this to my Flaunt It Friday link party! Also, follow my new blog Blissful Bucket List! :)
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Just the color makes me smile. The taste must be smile making too. Good job on donating and encouraging your sisters to do so too.
These sound so good and I love how colorful they are too!!! What a fun snack for kids!!!
I loved this post. What a great cause!! I loved the fruity pebbles snack! they are so pretty!!
This is great! Our church collects food and sends it home every Friday with low income students at one of our local elementaries. I am so glad to see there is a program for the summer, too! Thanks for sharing this at our Handmade Tuesdays party!
What a great cause… Going to have to try this recipe – Fruity Pebbles are one of my favorite (guilty pleasure) cereals!
These are so cute and colorful! I’m featuring you today! : )
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