The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) is pleased that Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) introduced a resolution on March 19, 2010, dedicating April as Global Child Nutrition Month. The resolution was co-sponsored by Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA). House Resolution 1202 acknowledges that as many as 300 million of the world’s children suffer from poverty and hunger and recognizes the necessity of school meals as a means to break the cycle of hunger.
The resolution supports the goals and ideals of Global Child Nutrition Month by recognizing that global hunger can be overcome by combining the will and resources of individuals and organizations. It also notes that freeing children from hunger allows them to become self-supporting and contributing citizens and is a step towards building a stable and peaceful world. The resolution encourages the Obama Administration to lead the global community by developing comprehensive plans to end both domestic and international childhood hunger.
In remarks submitted to the Congressional Record, Representative Emerson thanked GCNF and the School Nutrition Association (SNA) for “their work in increasing awareness of the problem global hunger presents and for raising funds to help feed hungry children.” She noted that both GCNF and SNA work with school nutrition professionals across the United States to educate students and teachers about childhood hunger.
Please support Global Child Nutrition Month this April! The Change Our World Campaign is one way you can support Global Child Nutrition Month in your community. Please visit http://www.gcnf.org/ or contact Nicole Bernard at: nbernard@schoolnutrition.org if you would like to support GCNF during Global Child Nutrition Month.
The full text of the Resolution can be found here: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:hr1202ih.txt.pdf
The Extensions of Remarks can be found at http://thomas.loc.gov/ and by clicking on “Congressional Record” on the left side of the page.
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