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Terri S. Henry of Talahi Island, Georgia, recently watched a program on the Food Network during which Rachael Ray, who hosts a popular cooking show, spoke about childhood hunger. (See "Food-show Host Helps" in The Goodness of America for July 9, 2007.) Ray provided information about Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale, a campaign to help fight childhood hunger in America.
"As a mother, any issue concerning children is near and dear to my heart," Henry, the mother of two young daughters, told the Savannah Morning News. "When I saw the commercial for the bake sale, the statistics of childhood hunger slapped me in the face. I was immediately motivated to raise awareness and do whatever I could to playa part in ending childhood hunger."
Henry registered online to host a bake sale on nearby Wilmington Island, setting a goal of $5,000, far above what the average bake sale registered with the Food Network takes in ($800). Though Henry was attempting to raise a substantial amount of money, her goal was made realistic by the fact that she was given baked goods from another Food Network star, ...