Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign and Dollar Tree are proud to announce Mableton as an inaugural recipient of the Mayors Alliance Action Fund to End Childhood Hunger (Mayors Action Fund), a grant fund of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger (Mayors Alliance). This important initiative, generously supported by Dollar Tree, brings together collective voices and resources to end childhood hunger and strengthen family economic mobility in communities across the country. The city of Mableton will receive a total of $24,000 in grant funds to help fight hunger on a hyper local basis. Mableton’s Mayor, Michael Owens, is a member of the Mayors Alliance.
“I am deeply honored that Mableton has been selected as an inaugural recipient of the Mayors Action Fund,” said Mayor Michael Owens. “This generous support is a vital resource that will allow us to help families. No child in Mableton should ever have to question where their next meal is coming from. By connecting our families to essential nutrition programs this summer, we are investing in the health, stability, and future potential of our youngest residents.”
Nearly 1 in 8 kids in Cobb County today live in families that struggle with food insecurity. They may go without food between the meals they get at school, or their parents may skip meals so their kids can be nourished. When our nation’s children are fueled by healthy, consistent nutrition, we are not simply feeding children, we are supporting the brightest minds and best talents that will shape the future that we all share.
The Mayors Alliance taps into the individual and collective leadership of over 550 Mayors to take meaningful actions to end childhood hunger in cities nationwide. The Mayors Action Fund is in its inaugural year. Generously supported by Dollar Tree, the Fund is being launched to support initiatives in mayors’ communities that they feel are most important to their efforts to end child hunger.
“At Dollar Tree, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to thrive, and that begins with reliable access to nutritious food,” said Jennifer Silberman, Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer at Dollar Tree. “We’re proud to support the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger and to help launch the inaugural Mayors Action Fund, which empowers mayors across the country to take bold, local action against hunger. Through our partnership with the Mayors Alliance and Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, we are working to build more resilient, equitable communities — one meal, one city, and one child at a time.”
In Mableton, Mayor Owens plans to use the grant funds to launch the “Mableton Summer Nutrition and Family Empowerment Initiative,” an effort to increase access to summer meals and family nutrition programs for children and families at risk of food insecurity. Grant funds will support outreach, cross-sector coordination, and community engagement to connect families with Summer EBT, WIC, and local non-congregate meal sites. The desired impact is to reduce child hunger, improve family economic resilience, and strengthen trust between residents and city-led support networks.
Mableton Summer Nutrition and Family Empowerment Initiative is an effort to increase access to summer meals and family nutrition programs for children and families at risk of food insecurity.
“At a time of mounting food costs and economic uncertainty for families, the Mayors Action Fund is a vital investment in local, community-driven solutions,” said Aaron Goldstein, senior manager of Local Government Relations at Share Our Strength. By supporting the work of visionary mayors like Michael Owens, these grants are another tool to help families and children access the resources they need to thrive.”
About Dollar Tree, Inc.
Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR), headquartered in Chesapeake, VA, is one of North America’s largest and most loved value retailers, known for delivering great value, convenience, and a “thrill-of-the-hunt” discovery shopping experience. With a team of approximately 150,000 associates, Dollar Tree operates more than 9,200 stores and 18 distribution centers across 48 contiguous states and seven Canadian provinces under the brands Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada. The company is committed to being a responsible steward of its business – supporting its people, serving its communities, and creating lasting value. Additional information about Dollar Tree can be found at www.DollarTree.com.
About No Kid Hungry
No child should go hungry in America. But millions of kids in the United States live with hunger. No Kid Hungry is working to end childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. This is a problem we know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our Strength, an organization committed to ending hunger and poverty.