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Hatch was launched in 2014 in response to a SheKnows Media study that revealed moms often feel tense about their kids’ use and exposure to technology, understanding its benefits while also worrying about the digital footprint their children leave behind. Never before has a group of young people come of age with the ability to create and share content at scale.
Hatch’s mission is to empower kids to use media and technology to express themselves in productive and positive ways. Emphasizing media literacy, digital storytelling and social issues, Hatch enables kids to create content that is responsible and represents their unique perspectives. Education is a key component of Hatch. Parents and educators are welcome to use the materials from Hatch workshops to facilitate discussions with their own teens and tweens.
AND Hatch recently paired up with Unilever’s Project Sunlight (whose products you certainly buy) to to help families build awareness and take action around child hunger in America. The facts are startling: 16 million kids living in the United States don’t know where their next meal is coming from. That equates to one in every five children – enough to fill 18,000 school buses and 223 football stadiums. On average, those who live in food-insecure households have only $36.50 to spend on groceries every week. That means that 80 percent of children may not understand the everyday struggle their peers – many of whom could be their own friends or neighbors – confront when there’s not enough food on the table. The Hatch Hunger and Project Sunlight video and workshop aims to create empathy by showing kids what it means to shop for healthy, filling meals for an entire week on a thrifty budget. It teaches important math and teamwork skills. Finally, it is about action, empowering kids to have a positive impact on their community to Share A Meal with a family in need and donating food and canned goods to local food banks.
You can find lots of ways for you and your family to get involved, in ways that are uncomplicated by going here https://www.projectsunlight.us/ From giving a meal to donating a small amount to help a hungry child. You can even get your kids involved in ways that will help them understand what you are doing. Take them shopping and allow them to choose groceries, get them to help unload things at the food pantry, etc. By doing our part to create others centered children we can help elimiate hungry in a world where it is not a necessary evil.
About SheKnows’ Hatch, the Hatch Hunger Project and Unilever Project Sunlight:
SheKnows’ Hatch teamed with Unilever Project Sunlight to help families build awareness and take action around child hunger in America. The facts are startling: 16 million kids living in the United States don’t know where their next meal is coming from. That equates to one in every five children – enough to fill 18,000 school buses and 223 football stadiums. On average, those who live in food-insecure households have only $36.50 to spend on groceries every week. That means that 80 percent of children may not understand the everyday struggle their peers – many of whom could be their own friends or neighbors – confront when there’s not enough food on the table. The Hatch Hunger and Project Sunlight video and workshop aims to create empathy by showing kids what it means to shop for healthy, filling meals for an entire week on a thrifty budget. It teaches important math and teamwork skills. Finally, it is about action, empowering kids to have a positive impact on their community to Share A Meal with a family in need and donating food and canned goods to local food banks.