by Triada Stampas

Congress is preparing to vote on a child nutrition bill that would cut food stamp benefits by $2.2 billion — leaving millions of low-income children and their families with less food at home.

We need your help. Four phone calls — five minutes — today can make the difference between legislation that will improve access to healthy food for all children or a law that will drive more low-income families to food pantry and soup kitchen doors.

Make 4 calls now to save food stamps!

Call this toll-free number — 877-425-4810 — ask for the appropriate office and deliver the following simple messages:

• To your Representative in the House* say, “Please fund and pass a strong child nutrition bill that increases children's access to healthy meals both in and out of school — and that does not cut SNAP benefits or other nutrition programs."
  [*If you’re not sure who this is, the operator can help you.]
• To Senator Charles Schumer say, “Please accept and pass a strong child nutrition bill from the House that does not cut SNAP benefits or other nutrition programs.”
• To Senator Kirsten Gillibrand say, “Please accept and pass a strong child nutrition bill from the House that does not cut SNAP benefits or other nutrition programs.”

Then, call the White House at 202-456-1414:

• To President Barack Obama say, “The only child nutrition bill President Obama should sign is one that doesn't cut SNAP benefits and that puts the country on a path to meeting his goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015.”

Remember, when you are connected to your representative’s office, identify yourself as a constituent and ask to speak to the person listed. You may not get to speak directly to your representative; that’s okay. In that case, ask for the person working on child nutrition.

Please share this with your contacts!

Already made the calls? Any feedback from your representative? Let us know in the comments!