Last week we went orange for No Kid Hungry by inviting our friends to the park for a Hunger Heroes play date! Everyone was asked to bring food donations for our local food bank and we were so excited that over 30 of our little friends showed up with enough food to fill 3 large boxes.
Each of the Hunger Heroes received a “today I helped end childhood hunger” sticker and an orange super hero cape to signify their good deed. The kids also drew pictures on paper plates to be given out with the food donations, a task they did with great thoughtfulness and compassion.
It was their attitudes, not just their actions, that turned the children into Hunger Heroes last week.
photo courtesy of Best part photography
photo courtesy of Best part photography
photo courtesy of Best part photography
photo courtesy of Best part photography
photo courtesy of Best part photography
photo courtesy of Best part photography
photo courtesy of Best part photography
I was thrilled to have two of our local bloggers join the Moms Fighting Hunger cause. Corey from the Best part blog and Asmita from Compulsive Foodie not only attended the event, but jumped in to help! Corey is also a photographer and volunteered to photograph the event and Asmita is contributing a a future Moms Fighting Hunger project so stayed tuned for more info.
If you and your family would like to get involved with the fight against hunger the Moms Fighting Hunger bloggers have got you covered:
- Want to download the awesome printable with the Mother Teresa quote above? Check out Raising Figure Skaters.
- Need tips on How to Host a Food Drive? Curly Birds is the place to go.
- Want to know about Feeding with Reading? Childhood Beckons has all the info you need.
- Need even more inspiration? Then you must watch Every Can Counts at Kids Stuff World!
Crafts on Sea says
September 12, 2012 at 8:08 amLove this 🙂 My husband runs a food bank over in England and this looks like a really good way to get young people involved.
Megan says
September 12, 2012 at 8:19 amThanks so much! I was thrilled with how it turned out. My kids have always made weekly food donations through their preschool and our church so we have discussed this many times in the past, but there was something about involving all of their friends and creating drawings for the recipients that really took it to a new level for them. We will definitely be doing this again!
Asmita says
September 12, 2012 at 1:04 pmThanks Megan for organizing this. We had a lot of fun. It was nice to meet the other mom’s and for the kids to play and get involved with this.
Megan says
September 12, 2012 at 1:37 pmNo thank you for coming!!! And getting involved! It was so great to connect with you!!!
Helen says
September 15, 2012 at 11:04 pmMegan, I love how fun, yet still focused on action, you made this event. I’m adding a link to it from my food drive page.
My girls have really gotten on board – they are so concerned that kids need food. It looks like all of these kids ‘get it’ too.
Megan says
September 17, 2012 at 10:33 pmIt’s amazing how helping others teaches us all so much. So glad to be a part of Moms Fighting Hunger. 🙂
Leanna @ Alldonemonkey says
September 25, 2012 at 5:03 amWhat a great way to teach kids about service, keeping it fun and empowering for them! Will be sharing on my Facebook page later today! (www.facebook.com/alldonemonkey)
nicole says
October 5, 2013 at 1:02 pmDid you play any particular organized games at your play-date?
Megan Sheakoski says
October 5, 2013 at 9:46 pmHi Nicole! No, I invited a lot of kids so we held it at the park so the kids could just run around and play. There was a lot of pretend play going on with those capes!
Alaina says
October 5, 2014 at 2:26 pmMy son is having a super hero themed birthday party in a few weeks and we thought of asking each guest to bring a donation or two for our local food bank. I just happened to come across your site, a perfect way to incorporate the request into his party!!
Megan Sheakoski says
October 5, 2014 at 7:24 pmYAY!!! What a great kiddo you have!