Hopelink’s End Summer Hunger Campaign to be featured as Groupon Grassroots cause

Following a successful campaign last summer, Hopelink is again teaming up with Groupon Grassroots – the philanthropic arm of Groupon – to raise funds for End Summer Hunger and help feed local kids on summer break.

Hopelink’s End Summer Hunger program will be the featured Seattle-area campaign from June 4-10, enabling Groupon subscribers to make a one-time, one-click $11 donation to support the campaign. Each $11 contribution will pay for a week’s worth of food for two children during the summer months, when the schools’ free and reduced-fee meal programs are on hiatus.

End Summer Hunger is Hopelink’s annual grassroots campaign that brings together local businesses, organizations, schools and individuals to take on the gap in regular nutritious daytime meals for kids on summer break, while also addressing increasing demand at Hopelink’s five emergency service centers. The proceeds from End Summer Hunger stock the agency’s food banks for the high-demand summer months.

Every dollar raised though the Groupon Grassroots campaign will go directly to Hopelink. In addition, BECU will match the first $1,000 in donations dollar-for-dollar.

Bank of America is the presenting sponsor for End Summer Hunger 2012. In addition to Signature Sponsor First Tech Credit Union, additional sponsors are Labor Ready, United Healthcare, Central Market, and Bookey Consulting.

Contribute to the campaign beginning at midnight on Sunday.