End Childhood Hunger

About the Project

From small grassroots movements to nation-wide initiatives, America is rising to meet the challenge of combating child hunger. This summer, Oregon State University (OSU) Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) will tour 15 cities to study programs dedicated to this cause.  Our SIFE project, Hunger in the Homeland, will start with education and expand to an awareness campaign spanning across the nation.

On June 18th, 2009, OSU SIFE embarked on our 15 city-wide tour across the nation (see below for route) to bring awareness and step towards ending childhood hunger in the United States.  Our travels will go from sunny California, to the heart of Texas, rounding out in North Carolina, through St. Louis, into Denver, and on back to Oregon.  Follow us on our journey here on this page, our blog, Facebook page, or Twitter.

Contact us at info@osusife.org

News From the Road (click for blog)

7/8 – Long time no update, We’ve been to N. Carolina, was in a 4th July parade, and now we’re in Illinois!

6/29 – Soup Man in Dallas, TX was awesome and Heifer International in AK was a real treat!  Thank you all for your hospitality!

6/24 – Second Harvest Food Bank, Marana Farm, Tucson Food Bank and Someone Cares Kitchen; being featured on media everywhere we go!

Learn More About Childhood Hunger

N. Carolina: 2nd highest in childhood hunger

FeedingAmerica.org: Almanac of Hunger

Hunger In America, a 2006 study

SIFE Students Involved

Jennifer Villalobos

Carol Hahn

Stephen Hodges

Dale McCauley

Andrea White

Willen Sin

Drew Anderson

Darryl Lai

Where are we now?

Here is our tour schedule:

Monday, July 6
God’s Pantry, Lexington, Ky.
Wednesday, July 8
Livefeed, St. Louis, Mo.
Thursday, July 9
Harvesters – The Community Food Network, Kansas City, Mo.
Friday, July 10
Operation Frontline, Denver
Gathering Place, Denver
Monday, July 13
The Idaho Foodbank, Boise, Idaho
Boise Rescue Mission, Boise
Boise Fire Department, Boise

Video

Drew has been taking videos of what’s going on from the road, check out what he’s been learning on road!

Click to view video

Get Involved

Join us in bringing this issue to light by becoming part of our campaign.

Join us on Twitter and Facebook and follow us on our hunger blog as we tour America for hunger and visit http://hunger.osusife.org for updates, pictures, videos and blog entries from the road.

Thank You

We would like to thank our sponsors; without your help this trip would not have been made possible, click here to view a complete list of our sponsors.

We would also like to thank our Sam Walton Fellow Sandy Neubaum and our business advisory board member Don Neubaum for their continued support for our SIFE team and projects.