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No Kid Hungry
Join the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America.
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Cooking Matters
Empowers families with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to prepare healthy and affordable meals.
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Great American Dine Out
Join us September 16-22, 2012 for the fifth annual Dine Out For No Kid Hungry!
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Great American Bake Sale
A national campaign that mobilizes Americans to end childhood hunger by holding bake sales in their communities.
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Taste of the Nation
Fine dining and tasting events that help make sure no kid in America grows up hungry.
Building a strong foundation
Cooking Matters® empowers families with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to prepare healthy, tasty and affordable meals.
With the help of volunteer culinary and nutrition experts, Cooking Matters course participants learn how to select nutritious and low-cost ingredients and prepare them in ways that provide the best nourishment possible to their families. Cooking Matters is nationally sponsored by the ConAgra Foods® Foundation and Walmart.
Recent Highlights
Top 10 Tips To Waste Less Food
The average American family throws out $1,600 worth of food a year. As seen on the Food Network’s special The Big Waste, food past its prime can be turned into a delicious meal. Click here for 10 quick tips to save money and waste less food.
Share Our Strength Unveils New Educational Resource
Building on its proven success teaching families how to cook and eat healthy on a budget, Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters has launched Shopping Matters® a guided grocery store tour that helps families make healthy and affordable shopping choices. For more information, visit ShoppingMatters.org.
Latest News
Eastern Area Agency on Aging Learns How to Cook in the Fight Against Hunger
WABI 5 – Good Shepherd Food Bank and Cooking Matters are featured for a class geared towards seniors. “The recognition to eat healthy is not a major transformation there are a lot of small things you can do every day to improve your diet,”. Read more here.
January 18th, 2012
Cooking Matters Classes Dish Up Healthy Advice
Grand Junction Free Press – Paula Anderson volunteers with Cooking Matters and notes “For all the hand-wringing about the American diet and the worries about the increasing rate of obesity and diabetes, it was refreshing to see the rubber really hitting the road with Cooking Matters.” Read more about her experience here.
January 13th, 2012
Chefs Move to Schools in Action
Let’s Move Blog – Across the country, chefs and schools are teaming up to teach kids how to get more from their food and make healthy choices with Chefs Move to Schools. Cooking Matters’ instrumental role is highlighted here.
December 16th, 2011
Chef Loves Spreading the Joy of Cooking
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Cooking Matters volunteer, Chef Lynn Ware, shares what she loves bout teaching classes. “I love to see how their eyes light up when they try [new things].” Read more here.
December 7th, 2011
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2010 Annual Review
“Families in 37 states benefited from Cooking Matters in 2010.”
On the move!
Cooking Matters is growing more than ever! In its 2010 program year, Cooking Matters served 56% more families compared to 2009.
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