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Harvest Snaps and Table For Two Reunite to Fight Obesity and Hunger with Students

- Power of Peas -

Harvest Snaps and Table For Two Reunite to Fight Obesity and Hunger with Students

- Power of Peas -

Published 09-17-15

Submitted by TABLE FOR TWO USA

Making a difference by eating healthy!

Just in time for back to school, Harvest Snaps (Snapea Crisps) and TABLE FOR TWO (TFT) are rejoining their efforts to address both obesity and hunger. Beginning September 17th 2015 through November 30th over 50 elementary, middle and high schools nationwide will participate in this unique program that provides a healthy bite for all involved. Students will receive healthful snacks donation provided by Harvest Snaps and 25 cents per each snack will be donated from Harvest Snaps to TFT to provide healthy school meals for children in need in East Africa and our local communities. Just by eating the “Harvest Snaps” healthy snack, students enable another child to receive a vitally important healthy school meal.

“As one of the participating schools, we are extremely thrilled to have the opportunity to learn about healthy eating habits through the nourishment of the better-for-you snacks, understand the needs of the people around the world, and most importantly, play a part in providing healthy school meals for malnourished children,” said Sandy Chan, President of Brooklyn Technical High School's H.O.P.E. Club.

One of Harvest Snaps and TFT’s goals for the giving back program is to elevate awareness on both the obesity and hunger issues in childhood populations internationally. In addition, Harvest Snaps and TFT aim to raise enough donated funds to provide over 100,000 school meals to African children in Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia and simultaneously to local communities in the US. In Africa, the 25 cents from the program funds one school meal to each child and in the US, it facilitates school meal upgrades for healthier options in low-income neighborhood districts.

“We are very excited about this unique giving back program. We’ve heard that it’s too good to be true from many schools, but thanks to Calbee North America, students can make a difference by doing good for themselves and eating a healthier snack” said Mayumi Uejima-Carr, Co-President of TFT. “Among seven billion people in the world, one billion suffer from hunger and malnutrition, while two billion people are overweight or obese. It’s a great educational opportunities for students to learn and take actions toward the critical issues.”

Harvest Snaps provides snack enthusiasts with a crunchy pea-pod based product that offers nutrients to help growing bodies and minds like vitamin B, calcium, iron, folate, potassium, dietary fiber, and protein. “We are proud to be involved in addressing both the obesity and hunger issues Stateside and internationally,” said Steve Kneepkens, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Calbee North America. “We specifically choose to work with TFT because of the unique idea of tackling two critical issues with a very simple way – it’s one that has already been proven to work.”

Visit http://harvestsnaps.com and http://www.tablefor2.org for more information.

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TABLE FOR TWO (TFT) addresses the opposing issues of malnutrition and obesity through a unique “calorie transfer” program. TFT partners with corporations, restaurants, university dining halls and consumer product companies to serve healthy, TFT-branded meals. The reduced calorie meals are then monetized and $0.25 per meal is donated to provide one school lunch for a student in need. To date, TABLE FOR TWO has served over 35 million meals globally, with over 700 partnering institutions throughout the world.

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