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• Taste of the Nation

  Fine dining and tasting events that help make sure no kid in America grows up 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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• Great American Dine Out

  Join us September 19-25, 2010 for the third annual Great American Dine Out! Learn how you can get involved.

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• A Tasteful Pursuit

  A national touring dinner series that features the nation's top chefs taking their talents to the nation’s top culinary cities.

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• Operation Frontline

  A groundbreaking cooking-based nutrition education program that teaches families how to prepare healthy, tasty meals on a limited budget.

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About Taste of the Nation

How Taste of the Nation Helps

Chefs, Sponsors and Guests Raise Critical Funds

Funds raised through Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation support serious efforts to make sure no child grows up hungry.

Taste of the Nation events raise funds that support No Kid Hungry™, Share Our Strength’s campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. Through No Kid Hungry, Taste of the Nation funds help...

• Enroll more eligible kids in school breakfast, after-school snacks and meals, and their families in SNAP (food stamps).
• Bring community gardens and farmers markets to low-income neighborhoods.
• Bring affordable, fresh fruits and vegetables to urban corner stores.
• Teach at-risk families how to plan, shop for, and prepare healthy, low-cost meals at home.
• Meet the pressing demands on local food pantries, food banks and soup kitchens to provide for more nutritious food.
• Increase awareness and understanding of childhood hunger and solutions to it.

International Work

In addition to supporting Share Our Strength’s work to end childhood hunger in America, a percentage of funds raised through Taste of the Nation events support advocacy and sustainable community development in Haiti, Mexico, El Salvador and Ethiopia. This work, in turn, helps ensure that children in these countries get the food they need to thrive.

What People Are Saying

"I believe passionately that we, as chefs, have to use our unique position to educate people about the importance of food and good nutrition, the scarcity of food for some families, and the importance of local and sustainable approaches. I don't need to go more than a couple streets from my restaurant to witness real need. We all need to bear witness to that--and to respond."

Mindy Segal, Pastry Chef/Owner, HotChocolate, Chicago & Taste of the Nation Culinary Council

"Volunteering for Taste of the Nation is one of the highlights of my year. Over the last eight years, I've served as a committee member and restaurant chair, collaborating with the city's best chefs and restaurants. Working to end childhood hunger is exhilarating."

Jennifer Boozer, Restaurant Chair, Taste of the Nation Atlanta