The Hunger Site facts for kids

The Hunger Site is a special website that helps feed people who are hungry around the world. It was started in 1999. When you visit the site, you can click a button once a day. Each time you click, sponsors (companies that advertise on the site) donate money to charities that provide food. It's an easy way to help others without spending your own money!

How The Hunger Site Started

The Hunger Site was created by John Breen in June 1999. He was a computer programmer from Bloomington, Indiana. The website quickly became very popular.

Because the site grew so fast, it became expensive to run. John Breen decided to sell it in February 2000. He sold it to a company called GreaterGood. This company was an online shopping mall that gave some of its sales to charity.

Later, in 2001, another company called CharityUSA.com, LLC took over The Hunger Site. CharityUSA.com is a company based in Seattle. It owns and runs several "click-to-donate" websites.

How Donations Work

CharityUSA.com says that all the money they get from advertisers on The Hunger Site goes to their charity partners. These partners include groups like Millennium Promise, Food Recovery Network, Partners in Health, Feeding America, and Mercy Corps.

For example, in 2008, CharityUSA.com said they gave over $1.3 million to charities just from clicks. They also gave more money from selling products and advertising.

In 2007, the company started a non-profit group called GreaterGood.org. This group shares yearly updates about all the donations made through their different programs. You can also see daily updates on The Hunger Site's main page.

Helping People with Food

The Hunger Site has helped a lot of people. For instance, they have worked with Feeding America since 2000. By 2008, this partnership had raised over $250,000. This money helped provide 4 million meals for people in need across the United States.

Vicki Escarra, who was the head of Feeding America, said she was very happy about their partnership. She mentioned that The Hunger Site makes it easy for busy people to help fight hunger online.

In 2023, The Hunger Site also launched a new project called "Click for Paws". This new site helps pets that are in need.

How Clicking Works

When you click the "feed the starving" button on The Hunger Site, sponsors pay money. This money then goes to charities that provide food. It's a simple way to make a difference.

The Hunger Site gets most of its visitors from the United States.

Over the years, CharityUSA.com has also created other similar websites. For example, they started The Breast Cancer Site, The Animal Rescue Site, The Rainforest Site, and The Literacy Site. These sites work in a similar way, allowing people to click and help different causes.

By 2008, CharityUSA.com claimed that 66 million cups of food had been donated just from people clicking on the site. The Hunger Site states that over 300 million visitors have helped donate more than 500 million cups of food. This food is paid for by sponsors and given to people in need by groups like Mercy Corps and Feeding America. The money helps hungry people in over 74 countries around the world.

Other Related Websites

• Charity USA (GreaterGood Homepage)
• GreaterGood site
• The Alzheimer's Site
• The Autism Site
• The Breast Cancer Site
• The Diabetes Site
• The Literacy Site
• The Veterans Site
• The Rainforest Site
• The Animal Rescue Site
• Click for Paws

See also

In Spanish: The Hunger Site para niños

• Freerice
• Por Los Chicos
• Ripple (charitable organisation)
• The Non Profits (free donations directory)
• Free Kibble (click-to-donate for dogs and cats)
• Clique Alimentos (feed hungry in Brazil, By clicking on the company's logo, it commits to donating 1kg of food to the selected city's food bank.)