Last month Pipcorn was grateful to be able to do our small part during the Covid-19 crisis by making a donation to Save with Stories, a new charitable collaboration between Save the Children and No Kid Hungry that is helping kids who typically rely on school for food. 

In the United States, 30 million students rely on schools for two, sometimes three, meals each day. With schools closed, millions of families are struggling to get the food they need. Save with Stories is providing crucial funds to food banks, mobile meal trucks and community feeding programs to provide nutritious meals and snacks to children in need, as well as educational toys, books and worksheets.

Save with Stories was created by actors Jennifer Garner and Amy Adams. To raise awareness and encourage people to donate, they are asking celebrities, authors and others to join them in reading children's books on social media. To help spread the word, Pipcorn co-founder Teresa Tsou read her daughter Elliott’s favorite bedtime story, The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton. 

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“The Going to Bed Book” - read by Pipcorn co-founder Teresa Tsou 😴 . Last month Pipcorn was grateful to be able to do our small part during the Covid-19 crisis by making a donation to @savewithstories , a new charitable collaboration between @savethechildren and @nokidhungry that helps kids who typically rely on school for food. With schools closed, @savewithstories is helping to fund food banks, mobile meal trucks and community feeding programs to do what they do best—and also by providing educational toys, books, and worksheets to make sure brains are full, as well as bellies. @savewithstories is generating awareness by asking celebrities, authors and others to record themselves reading children’s books to share on Instagram. We thought we’d help out with a story of our own. This is “The Going to Bed Book” by @sandra_boynton (published by @simonkids) - read by Teresa Tsou If you are able, we encourage you to join us in making a donation to @savewithstories. To donate a one-time gift of $10, you can text SAVE to 20222, or you can visit their website (link in bio) to donate another amount. . Thank you and please stay safe! #SAVEWITHSTORIES

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We encourage everyone to support #SaveWithStories right now in whatever way you are able, whether that’s reading your favorite story on Instagram and tagging @SAVEWITHSTORIES or making a monetary donation to the organization—donate here.

So far 100 stories have been read and nearly 90,000 children have been given food and educational resources. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Thank you, and please stay safe!