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Each ticket purchased helps support Share Our Strength’s efforts in eliminating childhood hunger as well as our local beneficiaries. In the wake of staggering reports that nearly half of all children in the U.S. will be on food stamps at the some point in their life, there is no time to waste. The time to act is now. Thank you for your continued support in our mission to ensure that no kid goes hungry and we look forward to seeing you at the Taste of the Nation Santa Barbara 2013!

Labels: No Kid Hungry, Santa Barbara, Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation, Team NKH

Labels: No Kid Hungry, Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation

Labels: Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation

Share Our Strength's "Taste of the Nation" is back! It will, again, be at the Montecito Country Club at 920 Summit Road. Buy your tickets early, they tend to sell briskly!

Take a delicious look at the participating vendors...

Ariel's Catering

Birnam Wood Country Club

Bella Vista at the Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore

The Blue Owl

Blush Restaurant and Bar

C'est Cheese

Ca'Dario

Coast at The Canary Hotel

Duo Events and Catering

Jessica Foster Confections

Los Olivos Cafe

Marquee

Montecito Country Club

New West Catering

Omni Fresco Catering

San Ysidro Ranch

The Savoy

Wine Cask

Alma Rosa

Ampelos Cellars

Beckmen Vineyards

Blair Fox Wines

Brander Vineyard

Bridlewood

Carina Cellars

Carr Winery

Cleb Wines

Cold Heaven

Consilience

Core

Demetria Estate

Dierberg

Dragonette Cellars

Kaena Wines

Lucas & Lewellen

Municipal Winemakers

Reeves Ranch Vineyards

Shai Cellars

Silver

Star Lane

Tre Anelli

Whitcraft

Brewhouse

Firestone

Telegraph

St Germain

Labels: Benefit, fundraising, Montecito, restaurants, Santa Barbara, Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation

"All of us at Share Our Strength are thrilled that long-time hunger advocate and Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges has joined our efforts to end childhood hunger in America by 2015 as the national spokesperson for our No Kid Hungry Campaign™.

Jeff has been a hunger advocate for more than 25 years, having started the End Hunger Network in 1984. He's passionate about the issue and believes that now more than ever, we have the opportunity to end childhood hunger.

Jeff took the No Kid Hungry Pledge during the filming of the campaign's new television public service announcements, which we look forward to sharing with you. If you haven't already, please join Jeff in taking the pledge. By doing so, you'll help us build the public will necessary to end childhood hunger in America." - Billy Shores, Share Our Strength

"Millions of our kids can't learn in school because they are hungry," Bridges says on his official website. "Public charities, food banks, and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need.

Labels: children, food insecurity, Hunger, Jeff Bridges, Share Our Strength

This September 20-26, thousands of restaurants across the country will help Share Our Strength raise money to fight childhood hunger by participating in Share Our Strength’s Great American Dine Out®. And they need your help.

Please DINE OUT in participating restaurants with your family, friends and colleagues from Sunday, September 20 to Saturday, September 26. Find restaurants near you—you can help hungry kids and have fun at the same time. - Share Our Strength

Labels: Great American Dine Out, Santa Barbara, Share Our Strength

• Montecito Country Club
• Square One
• Cafe Luck
• Elements Restaurant and Bar
• Duo Events and Catering
• Village Modern Foods
• Epiphany Restaurant and Bar
• The Four Seasons Biltmore
• The Bacara Resort and Spa
• The Ballard Inn
• Ca'Dario
• Jessica Foster Confections
• Blush
• C'est Cheese

• Lucas & Lewellen
• Ethan Wines
• Beckmen Vineyards
• Carr Winery
• Blair Fox Wines
• Core
• Kaena Wines
• Corina Cellars
• Scott Cellars
• Consilience/Tre Anelli
• Dierberg/Star Lane
• Tres Hermanas
• Telegraph Brewing

Labels: Hunger, Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation

For 20 years, the event has brought together the most creative culinary minds across the nation. Pioneers of modern American cuisine and national celebrities including David Burke, Stephan Pyles, Bravo’s Top Chef Tom Collichio, Food Network stars Tyler Florence and Emeril Lagasse and thousands of other chefs have donated their time, talent and passion at more than 55 events across the United States and Canada with one goal in mind: to raise critical funds needed to help the more than 12 million children at risk of hunger in America.

Labels: Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation

Labels: Food Banks, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara History, Share Our Strength

With a $15,000 grant from Share Our Strength, the New Orleans Food and Farm Network created the Neighborhood Food Access Map, a project that identifies where to find food from grocery stores, farmers’ markets, restaurants and emergency kitchens. The maps, posted in New Orleans neighborhoods and distributed to community organizations where residents can easily find them, have been such a huge success that an online mapping tool has been added to make it even easier for people to access the information.

Learn more about Share Our Strength’s ongoing efforts to support relief in the Gulf Coast.

An NPR story on the lack of SuperMarkets in the Big Easy.

Labels: New Orleans, Share Our Strength, Supermarkets