2. What is Bread for the World? Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. By changing policies, programs, and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, we provide help and opportunity far beyond the communities in which we live.

3. Bread for the World is: Ecumenical Bipartisan About advocacy About justice Years of experience and success Personalized letters and emails

4. Our Work Makes a Difference!

5. 1 in 5 Nearly 16 million children in the United States live in households that struggle to put food on the table.

6. Our goal: Congress should protect child nutrition programs from cuts and harmful policy changes and improve children’s access to these programs while not cutting other safety-net programs.

7. Reauthorization of child nutrition programs includes School lunched School breakfasts Summer Food Service Program Child and Adult Care Food Program WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)

8. Now let’s write!

9. Key components of a letter to Congress Make it personal. What motivates you to write? Make your request clear. Include your address in the letter.

10. I urge you to protect child nutrition programs from cuts and harmful policy changes and improve children’s access to these programs while not cutting other safety-net programs. Sincerely, Your Constituent Dear Congress:

11. Get involved! Become a Bread member Join/start a local Bread Team Visit your member of Congress Become a Bread Covenant Church Visit www.bread.org

12. Thank you! www.bread.org/OL