:: Lawyers Helping Hungry Children

Lawyers Helping Hungry Children is an organization of professionals in the Washington state legal community. LHHC sees childhood hunger as a critical social injustice and is fighting to relieve hunger in our state. Hundreds of lawyers have joined forces to support programs to prevent childhood hunger - and to make a huge difference in the lives and futures of our children.

LHHC is a nonprofit organization operated completely through the efforts of volunteers. Except for a small amount of money to support fundraising, every dollar we raise goes toward hunger relief. LHHC's principal fundraising event is an annual fundraising luncheon.

Your contribution supports several organizations that have demonstrated their effectiveness in combating hunger in children. Please contact LHHC for more information about how you can volunteer your time or donate to support this important work.

The Facts Are Frightening

There is no dispute—more children than ever before are going hungry in Washington. Hunger in the state is up 24 percent and it’s just going to get worse as the state, counties, and cities struggle to cope with ever-shrinking budgets. (See More Families Going Without Enough Food, Seattle Times, November 17, 2009.) Studies have shown that children who don’t get nutritious meals are far more likely to have problems in school, making this a crisis that has the potential to do permanent damage to the lives of those children—children who are the future of our state and our country. LHHC believes, however, that childhood hunger is a problem that can be solved.

You Can Help!

LHHC is committed to making it easy for the legal community to help fight childhood hunger. There are three things you can do right now to have an impact.

1. Donate. Recognize that there are hundreds of thousands of children going hungry in Washington right now, that those children need help, and write us a check. We’ll make sure your money goes to an organization working to make sure children get healthy meals. Click here to see a list of our beneficiary organizations. Make the check out to LHHC and send it to P.O. Box 1166, Seattle, Washington, 98101. You’ll be glad you did!

2. Join the Children’s Alliance network. Children’s Alliance is committed to ending childhood hunger in Washington and has developed a long term plan to do so, modeled after a successful childhood hunger program in D.C. Once you become part of the network, you’ll receive action alerts when significant events are taking place, such as voting on a particular bill. Children’s Alliance prepares an email for you on the subject at-hand (which you can personalize or send as-is) and they address it to the legislators for your district—all you do is press a button to instantly tell the lawmakers to make fighting childhood hunger a priority. Advocacy has never been so easy! Click here to join the Children’s Alliance network.

3. Join Lawyers Helping Hungry Children. We believe lawyers can be a powerful force in fighting childhood hunger on many levels. We ask for no specific commitment from our members other than that they agree to receive information from us on opportunities for action; how much you participate is entirely up to you and your schedule. If you’d like to join in the fight, send us an email at lhhcwa@gmail.com to learn more about becoming a member or starting a Lawyers Helping Hungry Children chapter in your county. You can also find us on Facebook—become a “Fan” today and receive regular updates on what’s happening with the group!

Lawyers Helping Hungry Children