“Child hunger in the world’s wealthiest nation is not morally unacceptable, it costs the U.S. economy at least $28 billion per year because poorly-nourished children perform less well in school.”-Joel Berg, NYCCAH

Did you know that 81,000 Vermonters, or 12% of all households lack access to enough food to fully meet basic needs at all times due to lack of financial resources? Over 12,000 Vermont children depend on food shelves each month. Students who don’t have enough food are at greater risk for poor health, obesity, developmental delays, poor academic achievement, depression, aggressive and hyperactive behavior. (VT Campaign To End Childhood Hunger)

One of our core beliefs from the beginning has been to participate in what Vermonter Stephen Kiernan calls “authentic patriotism”. Our authentic patriotism grows from our awareness that there are thousands of people, even in a small state like Vermont, who are cold and hungry every day and every night. This affects not only quality of life, the health of our community but survival.

Vermont Foodbank is a top-shelf organization that supports thousands of hungry Vermonters every day. LoveEarthAlways has begun a partnership with Vermont Foodbank and will donate $5 from the sale of every Smart Strip advanced power strip in Vermont. That’s almost enough food to feed a family family of four for a day. Although we won’t make much of a profit selling power strips, we will be helping cold and hungry people.

If you are interested in conserving energy in your home and saving money in your pocket, please consider buying Smart Strips from LoveEarthAlways. You will be doing something about hunger in Vermont. Buy Smart Strips at this link: http://loveearthalways.com/products/smart-strip.html . Thank you from LoveEarthAlways, Vermont Foodbank and many hungry Vermonters.