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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

  When you eat; they eat. Join us September 20-26, 2009 for the 2nd 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

• About Taste of the Nation
• About Childhood Hunger
• Impact of Taste of the Nation
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About Taste of the Nation

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. We will not sell or give your email to any other organization. We only use it to contact you about Taste of the Nation and Share Our Strength events that we hope will be of interest to you.

Share Our Strength has created this Privacy Policy to explain what information we collect about you on the Website located at URL www.tasteofthenation.org (the "Website"). In addition, this Privacy Policy explains how we will use that information; protect your personal privacy and our information dissemination practices for the Website.

In order to fully understand your rights we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use. Share Our Strength reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time and without any notice by posting a revised Privacy Policy on our Website. Any such revision will become effective immediately upon posting.

Choice/Opt-out

If you have registered to receive e-mail communications from us and later change your mind, you may contact us to have your name removed from our distribution lists. To Opt-out send an e-mail to info@strength.org. Please reference "Opt-Out" in your subject line and state in the body of the e-mail that you wish to have your name removed from the distribution lists.

What Information We Collect and How We Use That Information

Our registration forms require users to give us contact information that may include name, e-mail address, format preference (HTML vs. Text), address, interests, and similar information. We do not request or store sensitive information from our visitors, such as credit card or social security numbers. We use this information to acknowledge participation and promote other programs we offer to interested parties. We will use this information for internal purposes only and will never sell our lists to other organizations, sponsors or vendors. In some instances we may share your personal information with our sponsors for the sole purpose of promoting Share Our Strength events.

Internet Protocol Address

We collect Internet Protocol ("IP") address from all visitors to the Website. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our Website, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the Website, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are never linked to personally identifiable information.

Use of "Cookies"

Our Website may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our Website. Cookies are pieces of information that some Websites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Website and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Websites. Use of cookies makes Web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords; your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular Website and to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Website will not function properly when you view them.

Security

All information provided to Share Our Strength is transmitted using Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our Website that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of Share Our Strength. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warranty the security of any such personal information.

Tell-A-Friend

If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our Website, we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail address. Share Our Strength will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the Website. Share Our Strength stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time e-mail.

Other Web Sites

Our Website contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website over which Share Our Strength has no control and will bear no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such websites as their policies may be different than ours.

Legal Disclaimer

We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Share Our Strength.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or your dealings with this Website, or would like to make corrections to personal information that you submitted, you can contact Share Our Strength at info@strength.org.

What People Are Saying

"As the only national culinary benefit dedicated to ending childhood hunger, Taste of the Nation unites the most creative culinary minds behind a critical issue affecting our country's children every day."

Chef David Burke, David Burke Restaurants & Taste of the Nation Culinary Council

"Volunteering for Taste of the Nation is one of the highlights of my year. Over the last six 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