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Jeff Bridges, McDonnell to Launch Program Combating Child Hunger

by Associated Press (Subscribe to Associated Press's posts)
Jun 7th 2011 5:00PM

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Filed under: In The News, Childcare, Celeb News & Interviews, Food

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No Kid Hungry National Campaign Spokesperson Jeff Bridges attends the launch of the 'No Kid Hungry' Campaign at Figueroa Street Elementary School on March 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: WireImage

ARLINGTON, Va. - Actor Jeff Bridges will join Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in northern Virginia to promote a new initiative to fight childhood hunger.

The three will join other officials Tuesday afternoon at Barcroft Elementary in Arlington to launch Virginia's "No Kid Hungry" campaign. The program will be a public-private partnership to connect low-income kids to federal nutrition programs, like those that provide lunches during summer when school's out.

Currently fewer than 20 percent of kids in Virginia who are eligible for free and reduced price school lunches participate in summer meal programs.

Bridges, who won a best actor Oscar for his role in "Crazy Heart," serves as a national spokesman for the No Kid Hungry campaign.

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