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Over the course of January, participate in the Hunger Initiative by taking steps to integrate a response to hunger with your daily life. We can do more than just pack meals. We can change our own lives, so that we can help change the lives of others.
Consider making small changes for the month or long-term. Instead of getting a drink at the restaurant, stick with water. Instead of buying lunch, bring your lunch to work or pack your child’s meal. Carpool and save on gas. The money we save will go towards covering the cost of one million meals. There are so many ways that we make little adjustments so that we can make a big difference.
- Participate in the 5-Day Solidarity Challenge!
- Buy Fair Trade!
- Skip a meal a week this month
- Don't eat out at all throughout January
- Buy one less coffee at Caribou or Starbucks each week
- Pack a lunch for work or school
- Carpool with a coworker
- Skip a meal or fast for a day
- Cut out chips, snacks, and treats for the month
- Order water instead of another beverage
- Rent a movie instead of watching one at a theater
- Play a game as a family instead of going out
- Cut out iTunes downloads
- Walk whenever possible
- Drink tap water instead of bottled water
- Buy generic - clothes, food, merchandise, etc.
- Shop less
- Go through your closets and donate your clothing (and don't buy more)
- Go through your cupboards and plan to consume all products that will expire soon so that they don't go to waste
- Pay with cash instead of credit
- Bring your own water bottle
- Where allowed, bring your own snacks to the movie theater
- Go without dessert
If you have other great ideas on how to limit your consumption, share them! Email us with your ideas.
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