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Jennifer Garner & Amy
Adams’ #SAVEWITHSTORIES Helping America’s Kids Learn, Get
Nutritious Meals During Coronavirus School Closures
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Initiative Supports Coronavirus Response Efforts of Save
the Children and No Kid Hungry
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With nearly 95
percent of America’s schools closed due to coronavirus
concerns, actors Jennifer Garner and Amy Adams’s newly
launched #SAVEWITHSTORIES initiative
is gaining momentum and helping the country’s most
vulnerable kids continue to learn and get the nutrition they
need while they’re home from school. The actors are sharing
their favorite books and stories on Instagram and Facebook –
and asking their friends to do the same – to drive donations
to Save the Children and Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry
campaign’s coronavirus response efforts. |
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Committed to meeting the most urgent needs of
children during the global pandemic, Save the Children and
No Kid Hungry are providing books, learning materials and
nutritious meals to children in America’s poorest
communities, as 57 million students across the country
depend on school for learning and development and 30 million
children eat school meals. |
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Since its March 16 launch, 89 stories have
been read on #SAVEWITHSTORIES, generating more than 41.7
million views and 141,000 followers, and enabling Save the
Children to give food and critical educational resources to
nearly 90,000 children in 200 school communities across the
country. No Kid Hungry and its partners are helping provide
up to 800,000 meals per day to kids affected by school
closures. |
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“With the outpouring of support from
Jennifer, Amy, their friends and caring individuals across
America, more and more children are getting the continued
learning opportunities that are critical for their
development during this unprecedented time,” said Betsy
Zorio, vice president of Save the Children’s U.S. Programs &
Advocacy. “As some school closures are now persisting
through the end of the school year, summer 2020 could be the
longest and most detrimental summer of children’s lives,
impacting the growth and development of the nation’s most
vulnerable kids living in poverty. To help prevent
wide-scale learning loss and a wider achievement gap, we
need to get essential educational resources to more families
so they can keep the learning going at home.” |
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With the support
provided by #SAVEWITHSTORIES, Save the Children staff was
able to distribute books to the most vulnerable kids in
Whitley County, Kentucky, this past week, adding more
support to the local school district’s daily meal
distribution by bus. Two hours down the road, in remote
Knott County, Kentucky, Save the Children staff have been
partnering with the local school district to provide care
packages to area families that include wipes, books, early
learning tips and fun, educational activities, all handed
out during breakfast and lunch deliveries along the
district’s bus routes. These are just some of the many
deliveries and efforts made possible by the new initiative.
As the national leader in early childhood education, Save
the Children has also launched Coronavirus
and Kids: Resources from Save the Children,
providing free educational resources, including Scholastic
At Home, as well as tips for families across America. |
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Scholastic, the global children’s publishing,
education and media company is a founding partner of #SAVEWITHSTORIES
and secured numerous titles from its highly regarded library
that are featured as part of the initiative. Scholastic is
committed to its mission of helping kids learn and proud to
be supporting children and families. |
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“Scholastic is
proud to partner with Save the Children
and No Kid Hungry on this important
initiative. With many schools, libraries and bookstores
closed across the country, it’s essential to create ways for
kids to still access books,” said Ellie Berger, EVP and
President, Scholastic Trade Publishing. “Now more than ever,
families need wonderful stories to enrich their
learn-at-home experiences and provide the joy and comfort of
reading together in unsettled times.” |
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As part of its coronavirus response effort,
No Kid Hungry has issued emergency grants to schools, food
banks and community groups feeding kids nationwide. Grantees
are using the funds to hire drivers for mobile meals trucks,
open new meal sites, provide backpacks full of food and
other initiatives to ensure kids get the food they need
while schools are closed and beyond. |
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“Even before the coronavirus hit, millions of low-income
families were struggling to keep their heads above water,
making tough tradeoffs between things like food, rent,
transportation, child care and medical costs,” said Lisa
Davis, senior vice president of the No Kid Hungry campaign.
“With millions of children relying on free or reduced-price
school meals, we must ensure these kids don't fall through
the cracks as schools close across the country in response
to this pandemic. We’re thankful to Jennifer and Amy for
their leadership in shining a light on this important issue
with #SAVEWITHSTORIES, and for the outpouring of support
from individuals. We know this is a challenging time and
it’s inspiring to see so many stepping up and doing what
they can to help meet the needs of our nation’s children
during this crisis, and after.” |
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Check out #SAVEWITHSTORIES
on Instagram.
To support Save the Children and No Kid Hungry’s coronavirus
response efforts in America, visit www.SavetheChildren.org/SAVEWITHSTORIES or
text SAVE to 20222 to make a one-time $10 donation to Save
the Children and No Kid Hungry.* |
*A $10 donation
will be added to your mobile bill. Messaging & Data Rates
May Apply. Terms: www.hmgf.org/t.
Privacy Policies: www.savethechildren.org/privacy; http://www.nokidhungry.org/privacy-policy.
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Save the Children believes
every child deserves a future. Since our founding 100 years
ago, we’ve changed the lives of more than 1 billion
children. In the United States and around the world, we give
children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn
and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for
children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming
their lives and the future we share. Follow
us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
No child should go hungry in
America. But 1 in 7 kids will face hunger this year. No
Kid Hungry is
ending childhood hunger through effective programs that
provide kids with the food they need. This is a problem we
know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our
Strength, an organization working to end hunger and poverty.
Join us at NoKidHungry.org.
For more information about
Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing,
education, and media company, visit the Company’s media room
at http://mediaroom.scholastic.com.
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