Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen Discovery launched a new initiative with No Kid Hungry in 2019, the goal was to deliver a billion meals to hungry children in five years.
They’ve already pulled it off with years to spare — but the campaign isn’t over.“We’re not done,” said Jessica Beatus, Discovery’s group vice president for standards and social good. “That’s great that we provided a billion meals, but those meals have been eaten.
That doesn’t mean that we’ve solved this at all for the future. A small effort can help a lot of people, but it’s a continual need.
We really do have the resources in this country that nobody needs to be hungry, we have a wealth of food here.”Beatus said Discovery and No Kid Hungry’s “Turn Up!
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