The Hungry for Happiness mobile tour will be arriving in Dallas next week to help raise awareness about the issue of childhood hunger and increase participation in free summer meals sites for kids living in the DFW Metroplex.
Summer continues to be a vulnerable time for those who rely on school breakfast and lunch during the school year. The Arby’s Foundation, the charitable arm of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., in partnership with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, is committed to helping kids get the food they need.
In Dallas, many school children who rely on free or reduced-price school lunches during the school year currently participate in summer meal programs. These free programs are available to kids and teens age 18 and under at thousands of summer meals sites across the country. Sites are registered with USDA and are held at safe local places such as schools, churches and community centers.
Families in Dallas can find a free summer meals site near them by visiting NoKidHungry.org/summer, calling 1-866-3HUNGRY, or texting FOOD to 877-877.
The Hungry for Happiness mobile tour has partnered with the Irving Family YMCA to provide more area children access to healthy food during the summer months and will provide Arby’s Kids Meals (which are endorsed by Kids LiveWell and include a Jr. turkey and cheese sandwich, apple slices and Shamrock Farms low-fat milk), distribute information on local resources to the public, and provide fun summer activities such as hula-hoop contests, tug of war, bean bag toss, basketball and other family-friendly games to get kids moving.
Date: Monday, May 12
Time: 5-7pm
Address: Irving Family YMCA, 2200 W Irving Blvd, Irving TX 75061
We would love to give one of our MyDFWMommy readers a $30 Arby’s gift card! To enter, leave us a comment below, and to earn extra entries Tweet about Hungry for Happiness and/or Like their Facebook page to help spread the word. (Leave comment with links to each).
We’ll announce a winner on Friday, May 16th.
I also liked there fb page.
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It is awesome that Arby’s is doing this!
I would love to win!