We have all experienced hunger at one time or another: We've all craved a midnight snack, wanted something salty or needed some chocolate. But there's a big difference between trying to satisfy a brief craving or stomach growl and wondering when or from where your next meal will come.

More than 12.6 million—one in six—children in America are at risk of hunger. These children will endure lifelong consequences as a result of having limited access to nutritious foods. In fact, they're more likely to suffer poorer health, fatigue, hospitalizations, behavioral difficulties and impaired performance at school.

And hunger doesn't discriminate. It can affect any child—even those you'd least expect.

Despite the good efforts of governments, private-sector institutions and everyday Americans, millions of our children still don't have daily access to the nutritious meals they need to live active, healthy lives.

Learn more about how you can get involved and help make a difference at www.strength.org.

Share Our Strength works with the culinary industry to create engaging, pioneering programs like Taste of the Nation, Great American Bake Sale, A Tasteful Pursuit, Great American Dine Out, and Operation Frontline. Through the strength of dedicated, committed volunteers who support our fundraising efforts and community organizations that put our resources to good use, Share Our Strength finds childhood hunger where it hides and works hard to end it.

We raise funds through our culinary events and award grants to support successful organizations across the country that work to provide children and their families with the healthy food they need. Since our inception in 1984, we have raised over $200 million and provided support to more than 1,000 of the most effective hunger-relief organizations around the globe. Get involved with a Share Our Strength event. We award grants to organizations throughout the country whose efforts and successes align with the 10 points of our national plan to end childhood hunger. We convene partnerships with effective, influential nonprofits that develop their own plans modeled after Share Our Strength's national plan to end childhood hunger. We provide education programming through Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline, our awarding winning nutrition education program that teaches families how to prepare healthy, low-cost meals. (More on Share Our Strength).

Food Network gives a national voice to Share Our Strength's mission to end childhood hunger, and all the underlying issues associated with it. We are launching our first charitable project with Share Our Strength this year, the “Good Food Gardens.” Hunger is a complex issue, encompassing everything from obesity, nutrition, food deserts (areas of the country where fresh foods are not available), farmer's markets, the status of farming and agriculture, and much, much more. The gardens are a tangible way to teach kids where food comes from, and encourage them the chance to take pride, learn and grow fresh fruits and vegetables from start to finish. We also support Share Our Strength's other programs by including them in relevant Food Network shows, through public service announcements with our stars, hosting events at our headquarters in Chelsea Market, New York City to raise funds and awareness. (Check out our past PSAs)

Share Our Strength® is a national organization that works hard to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. We weave together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger and surround them with nutritious food where they live, learn and play.

Food Network is a unique lifestyle network and website that strives to be way more than cooking. The network is committed to exploring new and different ways to approach food – through pop culture, competition, adventure, and travel – while expanding its repertoire of technique-based information. Food Network also aims to be a voice at the table in the food community, as a trusted resource for our viewers.