The Pound for Pound Challenge

I just joined the "Biggest Loser's" The Pound for Pound Challenge. Anyone who wants to lose weight can join, and for every pound you pledge to lose through June 30, the Challenge will donate 14 cents to Feeding America, enough to deliver one pound of groceries to a local food bank. Our economic downturn has greatly affected our food banks, so for me, this is a simple way to help out my neighbors.

Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network) is a network of more than 200 member food banks, supporting about 63,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 70,000 programs, including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs, Kids Cafes, BackPack programs and senior centers. Each year, the Feeding America network provides assistance to more than 25 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.

Joining the Challenge just made sense to me. And it seems I am not alone: More than 75,000 other Americans have pledged to lose more than 2 million pounds. Check it out: www.pfpchallenge.com.