BETTSIE WILD, Founder of the No Child Goes Hungry “Dare to Care” nonprofit program

BETTSIE WILD, Special Founder of No Child Goes Hungry “Dare to Care” nonprofit program. Interviewed by Deb Dachinger on "Dare to Dream" Radio. Listen Now at: http://www.youpublish.com/files/33337

Bettsie noticed her little girl Lena was coming home from school hungry. How could she be hungry when Lena left with food every day? Somehow Lena wasn’t eating. It was discovered that Lena was giving her food to friends who came to school each day with no lunch pail and no money for lunch. They were coming to school with nothing for the entire day, and Lena was giving her pal food, sharing with her so her companion would have something to eat also. The school forbad Lena from doing for fear of legal repercussions. Mom, Bettsie, went to Lena’s school to see for herself and indeed the school stepped in to stop Lena’s share-feeding of the hungry child. Bettsie tried another tactic; she gave the cafeteria money to pay for any hungry children in the school, however her money was turned away as there was no way to appropriate the funds. Out of frustration and complete bewilderment that 14 million children in the United States are going hungry daily and 17,000 die from malnutrition complications each year. Mom, Bettsie, and daughter Lena started the No Child Goes Hungry 501c3 nonprofit foundation. It began in Alaska, has come to California, is being looked at by 7 states, and the foundation’s goal is to be nationwide. A $100 donation to the foundation pays for a child’s lunch for one month. Dare to Care, Inc. Executive Director, Bettsie, is a family mediator who specializes in co-parenting mediations, helping the parents focus on the children, while navigating through the divorce process. Bettsie is also a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Abused and Neglected Children and a trained Child Custody Investigator. She is a trained facilitator for both "Children in the Middle" and "After the Storm" programs that provide support and skills for co-parenting and to children living the reality of divorce. Bettsie focuses her practice on helping to remember the kids and finding an outcome everyone can live with. At work and at home, Bettsie’s life is focused on children. She has four children of her own, ages 24, 18, 11 & 8. Her youngest daughter, Lena, inspired Bettsie to found the charity, Dare to Care, which feeds children-in-need in community schools. The program started five years ago when Lena, then a first grader, had a friend who was coming to school every day hungry, and without food or money to purchase a hot lunch. In approaching the school regarding the little girl’s dilemma, the Wild’s learned there were many children who for different reasons, who were going hungry every day and needed help. These are children who fall through the cracks and do not receive benefit of the federal free and reduced meal program. Many are abused and neglected. That year, the Wild family fed 35 children in two neighborhood schools – and has grown to become an official 501(c)(3) and is feeding over 2,000 children. It is their dream to have the program go nation-wide, and help feed the over 14 million hungry children in the US who need benefit of such a program. Bettsie and her daughter Lena are in California raising awareness and putting the program into our schools to jump start the program going national. Through Dare to Care, Bettsie puts on school assemblies talking to students about kindness and tolerance – and the importance in not judging others because they are different. www.NoChildGoesHungry.org; www.daretocare-alaska.com/aboutus/wild.html
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