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Groupon Features Hopelink as Charity Deal

Members can contribute to the nonprofit's "End Summer Hunger" campaign through Thursday.

, a Redmond-based nonprofit agency that serves homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities in north and east King County, has teamed up with Groupon to raise funds for End Summer Hunger through the online company’s website. Groupon is an international company that offers one major deal every day on local restaurants, goods and services.

“G-Team” is Groupon’s charitable wing, where the company helps nonprofits and others raise money for their causes. Hopelink’s  was selected as the featured Seattle-area campaign for August 2-4, enabling subscribers to make a one-time, one-click $13 donation to Hopelink through the Groupon website. The $13 donation will pay for two weeks worth of food for a child on summer break.

End Summer Hunger is Hopelink’s annual grassroots campaign aimed at ensuring that school kids have enough to eat during the summer months. The fund and food drives—running through August—bring together local businesses, organizations, schools and individuals to help provide low-income families with food for kids who receive free and reduced-fee breakfasts and lunches during the school year.

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The campaign takes on the gap in regular nutritious daytime meals for kids who are on summer break, while also addressing increasing demand at Hopelink’s five emergency service centers while the school programs are on hiatus. The proceeds from End Summer Hunger will stock the food banks for the high-demand summer months.

To donate to the Groupon End Summer Hunger campaign, visit: http://www.groupon.com/deals/hopelink.

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—From a Hopelink news release


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