It may be the child who sits next to your child at school, or the child who comes for a sleepover Friday night. It might be the little ones in the nursery at church. It might be your own child. The fact is that hunger hits close to home. 1 in 5 children in America face hunger every single day. 1 in 5! That means that your child most likely knows one of these children. As a parent I feel so helpless know this and look for ways to help these children around the world. That’s why when I was asked to participate in the Unilever brightFuture #ShareAMeal blog program as a member of One2One Network I was excited to accept. Unilever wants to do something to change the hunger these children are experiencing. They’ve partnered with Feeding America and are providing a million meals to those in need this holiday season. You can join them in providing a million more! We can all Share a Meal to Give a Child a Brighter Future.
In the last five years Unilever has provided more than 30 million meals through their partnership with Feeding America. Now we can all join Unilever to bring a brighter future to children facing food scarcity. There are so many ways we can help.
Share a Meal to Give a Child a Brighter Future
Share a Meal
Share a meal in your home or join together with neighbors to host a block meal. Organize a meal in your community where everyone is welcome. Maybe that’s a little more than you have time or financial ability to do. That’s okay. You can find a local food bank to donate to or support Feeding America to give back to your community. Visit brightfuture.unilever.us to learn more about how you can take action to end childhood hunger in different ways.
Buy Unilever Products
There are other ways you can join Unilever in providing meals this holiday season.  When you buy a participating Unilever product like Dove or Hellmann’s in-store with their coupon delivered in the Sunday paper on November 15, or on Amazon Prime Pantry, Unilever will donate one meal to Feeding America®.
Join Unilever on Social Media
Join in the conversation on social media. It’s easy. When you engage with the hashtag #ShareAMeal. It could be something as simple as a like or retweet, or a photo of an empty plate. When use the hashtag #ShareAMeal Unilever will donate a meal to Feeding America. Could there be an easier way to help create a brighter future for a child?
Do you share food photos on Instagram?  It seems like Instagram is always flooded with the most amazing, creative, and appetizing food photos.  Whether it’s something home cooked and yummy or a special date night, snapping a pic of our food is the “thing” these days.  Can you imagine though if one day there was no food on your plate or that of your child?  Let’s take the food out of those #Foodstagram photos to show support for Unilever’s brightFuture #ShareAMeal program.  Let’s help them provide more meals for children in need.
I challenge you. Â Join us on social media! Â Share your empty plate or write “#ShareAMeal” on an empty plate and show it to us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. Â Or interact with our posts and tweets. Â Tag Unilever in your Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook posts. Â Every time you post or interact Unilever will donate a meal to Feeding America.
Margarita Ibbott says
That is a wonderful initiative. I like the idea of sharing a meal with a neighbor. Very neighborly of you!
Rebecca Swenor says
This is a great campaign that can help so many. Kudos to Unilever for all the work they do for so many child. Thanks for sharing and making other aware of the hunger children suffer each day.
Shelley Zurek says
I love how my using a coupon to feed my own family can help those another to receive a meal. Brilliant Unilever.
Emma Spellman says
Sadly this was me as a kid and my best friends mom would pack me a lunch along with her daughters. This was before schools started giving free lunches in our area. This is a wonderful campaign.
Crystal Lopez says
This is such an excellent idea for families. What a great way to show humility and affection for others in need.
Rebecca says
Nobody should have to go hungry and this is a great campaign to help feed the hungry. Bravo, Unilever!
Melissa says
This is great and it’s so nice that they give the option to help out just by social media sharing. That is so easy for today’s society to contribute.
Dina Demarest says
Unilever is wonderful for doing this. Nobody should have to go hungry and this is a great campaign to help feed the hungry.
Digna says
It’s a shame that here in the US kids have to experience hunger. It’s so nice to see companies giving back!
Michelle says
I love the idea of sharing a meal with our neighbors. I tend to feed our kids friends when they are over, and see it as my way of helping out my busy neighbors (and hopefully taking some strain off two single moms). What a scary statistic to think so many children go without.
Brandi @ penguinsinpink says
What a great campaign! Any chance I have to help feed children you bet I will. I love that their is a social media part as well.
Chubskulit Rose says
In the place where I came from, we don’t ever waste food. Imagine how culture shocked I was when I came here, there’s so many food being wasted here in the US and yet there are some who are starving. This is a great campaign.
Jennifer says
any meal campaign there is, I get on board. This means so much to me because it breaks my heart. We don’t have everything but if I can do just a little bit to help someone else out, you bet I will do it.
Ourfamilyworld says
What a great campaign. It’s so sad that there are many hungry children. I will support this.
tiaras and tantrums says
what a fantastic initiative. Thanks for letting me know about this. I haven’t heard about his – i will have to share this with all the teachers at school next week.
Tonya C says
What a great way to help with hunger in our country. I’ll be using the hashtag!
Emily says
Such an awesome idea! I love when social media is used for good.
Liz Mays says
This is such a nice way to #shareameal with someone who needs one. Social media can make a big difference here.
Jeanette says
What a great idea that instagram has there. There is no reason in this country that a child should go hungry!
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
I love this so much! Childhood hunger absolutely breaks my heart, and I’m so glad there’s something we can do to help ease that burden.
lisa says
What a fantastic campaign. No child should ever have to go hungry in this country.
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
This is such a great campaign! I love when companies do good like this.