Your Help is Needed for America's Kiddos

This email was sent to us from Feeding America. Spread the word! Collectively we can try to ensure that America's kids are provided with a basic human need...food. It's really that simple. Kids need to eat. We can assist in reaching this important goal.

The Senate just passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S. 3307). Unfortunately, the Senate made a last minute change to pay for the new investments in the bill by cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (formerly known as food stamps). There may be strong pressure for the House to pass the Senate child nutrition bill next Tuesday when the House returns to take a vote on a bill to provide emergency funding for Medicaid and teacher funding. While we support completing Child Nutrition Reauthorization this year, the Senate-passed bill does not make as robust of an investment in program access that the House bill would make and it is paid for by cuts to SNAP benefits, nearly half of whom are children.

This is not an acceptable child nutrition bill for the House to approve, and so we are urging the House to move its version when Congress returns in September. Feeding America supports the stronger House version because it includes additional investments that help Americans struggling with hunger.

We are now calling on all of our anti-hunger advocates to stand up and tell their Representative to pass the House version of Child Nutrition Reauthorization (H.R. 5504) when Congress returns in September. We need to show our leaders in Washington that our nation's children need a strong Child Nutrition bill that puts us on the path toward ending hunger! Help us deliver that message by taking action today! Calling your Representative is easy, and your voice will make a difference. You can help us get a better Child Nutrition bill. To make your call, just follow these simple steps:

*Dial the toll-free number---866-548-0332
*When prompted, enter your PIN---(for Colorado) 154284#
*Listen to the instructions, and you will be patched through to your first Senator's office automatically.
*Inform your Senator's office that you are a constituent and deliver this message:"As my Representative I urge you to pass the House Child Nutrition bill (H.R. 5504) when Congress returns in September. It's critical that Congress enact a robust Child Nutrition bill that increases access to programs and improves nutrition without cutting SNAP/Food Stamps benefits."