Sandwich Swap ‘n’ Share

cindy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:35:47 +0000

As a kid part of the fun of lunch time was seeing what mom had packed for lunch and trading some of it with a friend because I wanted what her mom packed! In the spirit of that lunchtime ritual, Hellmann’s® and Best Foods® Mayonnaise have teamed up with musician and actor Billy Ray Cyrus to encourage people of all ages to celebrate their favorite childhood ritual and join the virtual Sandwich Swap ‘n’ Share program to raise money for Feeding America®, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

Please join me and team up with Billy Ray Cyrus, in contributing to this very worthy cause. For every sandwich created as part of the virtual Sandwich Swap ‘n’ Share program on Facebook.com/hellmanns,Hellmann’s® and Best Foods® will donate 7 lunches to Feeding America®!

If that isn’t enough to get you to click over right now, you just might win something, too! Each sandwich created will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $250 grocery store gift certificate. And for every friend on Facebook® that you share your sandwich with, Hellmann’s® and Best Foods® will donate an additional 7 lunches to the charity.

So let’s get clicking on over to Facebook.com/hellmanns and help feed the hungry in America!

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Tobey Maguire Speaks Up for Healthy School Lunches

cindy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:10:59 +0000

As Spider-Man, he defeated the Green Goblin and Sandman. But in his latest role, actor Tobey Maguire is taking on an even bigger threat-unhealthy school lunches. In letters dated July 30 to Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Mr. Maguire asks these key members of Congress to improve child nutrition and fight obesity by reforming the Child Nutrition Act to help schools serve more fruits, vegetables, and healthful vegetarian foods. Mr. Maguire and his wife, Jennifer Meyer Maguire, are now the parents of two children: Otis Tobias and Ruby Sweetheart.

“As a parent, I am contacting you because I am deeply concerned that unhealthy school lunches are contributing to our nation’s childhood obesity epidemic,” writes Mr. Maguire. “My wife and I just had our second child, so this issue is tremendously important to us…Let me ask you please to ensure the Child Nutrition Act provides more fruits, vegetables, and healthy vegetarian foods. Young people deserve healthful food, and I can’t imagine a better investment in the future of our country.”

The Child Nutrition Act, which will soon come up for congressional review, has posed a long-standing obstacle to providing students with healthful fare. Each year, the USDA buys up millions of pounds of surplus beef, pork, and other high-fat meat products to distribute to schools. Students end up with unhealthy options, even as schools struggle to provide fruits, vegetables, and low-fat plant-based meals.

To read the letter in its entirety you can click here.

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