YOUNG CELEBS SKIP LUNCH TO HELP FIRE EVACUEES AND PACK 7.5 TONS OF FOOD FOR NEEDY CHILDREN

HSM 3 Star, Matt Prokop, and Shark Boy and Lava Girl Star, Taylor Dooley, among celebrity participants in Skip Day, the launch event for Skip1.org, a promotional division of Children’s Hunger Fund.

Tuesday’s Skip Day event launched Skip1.org, a promotional division of Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF), designed to encourage everyone to skip a meal, or latte, or anything they would normally purchase, and give the money instead to feed hungry children. Kicking off with the viewing of Skip1.org’s new Public Service Announcement, the young celebs not only donated their “lunch money,” but pushed up their sleeves to tape, pack, label and stack Food Paks® that will provide approximately 30,000 meals to families in Latin America.

 “I started Skip1.org on behalf of Children’s Hunger Fund because I’ve seen first-hand the poverty and hunger that is killing 25,000 people every day,” said Shelene Bryan, Skip1.org creator. “There is no reason why we all can’t skip something, ANYTHING, and give that money to help children who can’t help themselves.”

With helicopters flying overhead and ashes floating down on their black Skip1.org T-shirts, celebrities such as Matt Prokop, Taylor Dooley, Madison Davenport, and Cole Hauser participated in the event. Though the Skip Day had been planned months in advance, organizers made the last-minute decision to reallocate a portion of the event’s proceeds to provide emergency water for L.A. Country fire evacuees. Delivery of the water was made after the event to the Verdugo Hills High School evacuation center where the American Red Cross is serving the victims.

“Children’s Hunger Fund made its first major impact with the 1994 Northridge earthquake when we were able to provide 15,000 daily hot meals to displaced residents,” said CHF Communications Director, Fred Martin. “We may have grown to be an international compassion and relief organization, but our identity will always begin with helping our neighbors first.”

About Skip1.org

Skip1.org is dedicated to creating awareness and raising funds by encouraging others to skip a simple daily purchase and donate those funds to a desperately hungry child instead. Skip1.org creator, Shelene Bryan, is a mother of two and an advocate for children and hunger. Skip1.org is a promotional division of Children’s Hunger Fund. To donate or learn more about the cause, please visit www.skip1.org.

About Children’s Hunger Fund

Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF) was founded in 1992 and seeks to alleviate the suffering of needy children across America and around the world. With established Mercy Networks in Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Antonio, and in developing countries around the world, CHF provides training and resources to local churches to help them meet the needs in their communities.