{"id":30783,"date":"2024-08-26T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?p=30783"},"modified":"2024-08-26T14:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:04:18","slug":"lets-send-hunger-packing-2024-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2024\/lets-send-hunger-packing-2024-food-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Send Hunger Packing 2024 Food Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s Send Hunger Packing! As summer draws to a close, the need for support remains as urgent as ever. With just <strong>one week left<\/strong> in our food drive, countless families are still worried about where their next meal will come from. While the sun-soaked days may be fading, the struggle for those who rely on food banks, especially children who miss out on school meals, continues. Rising costs have only increased the strain on our local food banks, making your help more crucial than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year our 12th annual \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/about\/community\/lets-send-hunger-packing-2024\/\">Let\u2019s Send Hunger Packing!<\/a>\u201d Virtual Food Drive <strong>ends August 31st, 2024<\/strong>. We have teamed up with Compass Real Estate, but we need YOU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WuLlVh9ULkI?si=3Jzuv3tNxlYCpbyv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s Why It Matters:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 in 4 children in LA County struggle with hunger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LA County is home to more food-insecure children than any other county in the U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Food Drives help serve an average of 900,000 people every month.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30786  alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/coffee-donation-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"an illustration of a cup of coffee is show to equal the same cost of donating 12 meals for hungry kids.\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" \/>How You Can Help:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donate today!\u00a0 By donating just the cost of your morning coffee, you can provide 12 nutritious meals! All donations will directly assist the needs of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every dollar helps, and together, we can ensure that the kids in our community are nourished and ready to start a new school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Will it make a difference?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes! Last year\u2019s food drive raised $19,629 for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, providing 78,516 meals to feed hungry children in Los Angeles County. Thanks to your support over the last 11 years donations have provided\u00a0 742,036 meals. We are grateful to be a part of this community. We need your support again this year. Together, we can feed even more kids!<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s Send Hunger Packing Together<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30788 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Lets-Send-Hunger-Packing--300x300.png\" alt=\"Let's Send Hunger Packing food drives help make kids happy like this little girl who is standing beside a box of donated food from the LA Food Bank \" width=\"367\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please donate today and help us spread the word in this final week of our food drive. Together, we can ensure kids are nourished and ready for the new school year.<\/p>\n<h2>Donate:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/give.lafoodbank.org\/fundraiser\/5479434\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give.lafoodbank.org\/northstarmoving<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Spread the word:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northstarmoving\/\">@NorthStarMoving<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0#LetsSendHungerPacking<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s Send Hunger Packing! As summer draws to a close, the need for support remains as urgent as ever. With just one week left in our food drive, countless families are still worried about where their next meal will come from. 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