Here is a project for those days when  your creativity is rather low, your time is short, or this interminable spring rain simply has you trapped in doors again. If you are in a pinch, but want to make a bit of a difference, visit TheHungerSite.

Bottled up watching brightly colored radar crawl across the map again, Little Miss Three was delighted by my invitation to work together on the computer. So often she hears “don’t touch!”

Instead, for about an hour this weekend, she settled in a chair next to me and clicked to her heart’s content. According to the site, each click on the sponsors page donates 1.1 cups of food to the hungry. We also signed several petitions together – I filled in the important details, then she typed her own message (such as it was) in the comments section.

We even shopped a bit on the site, inspired by the bright red text alerting us that “every purchase funds food. Unfortunately, Little Miss Three decided that Father’s Day was our targeted shopping goal. For some reason the many crafty free trade, fair trade items skewed pretty heavily to a female crowd. Still, several items caught our eye, and we just might head back for the next birthday obligation. Even the toy sectionn was reasonably well stocked with various dolls, kaleidoscopes, and hand crafted animals.

Little Miss Three was fascinated by this venture much longer than I expected. She especially enjoyed the animal rescue section, having recently entered the kitty/pony phase that seems to affect most girls. She very seriously maneuvered the awkward keypad on my laptop with her little index finger saying, “let’s feed some more animals.”

If you want to read more about The Hunger Site or The Hunger Store’s award-winning, low obligation, sponsor-driven giving model, check out their info here.

Let me know how  your kids responded to this strikingly simple way to make a difference.

Tags: Books & Resources, Free, Improving Lives

About Sarah

Sarah Aadland is striving to make family volunteering a meaningful habit for her family of five. Join the conversation as she ponders what they may (or may not have) learned and looks for helpful information about raising compassionate kids.Though she plans to one day put her Masters in Public Policy back to work for social justice, she sees family volunteering as a way to build a stronger community, a better world, and a more connected family. In addition to her children, Sarah tends a large garden, a small flock of chickens, and a habit of mindfulness amid the necessary rituals of parenting.

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