Jennifer Nettles has signed on as the spokesperson for this year’s Outnumber Hunger campaign, a partnership between Big Machine Label Group, General Mills and Feeding America, to help donate meals to local food banks through consumer participation. Through her participation with the program, Jennifer has learned a lot about hunger in America. She says, “While I had a realization that hunger was some sort of issue in our country, I did not realize the degree to which it is an issue. We like to sit back and think well, this is the United States of America and we’re a first world country and we have all of these luxuries, and in some ways we like to think we are, for lack of a better word, above this sort of issue, and yet it is way more prevalent than I ever thought. 48 million Americans are affected my hunger every year. Yeah, that’s 48 million! Okay, that’s a big, big number.”
The Outnumber Program works by having consumers purchase General Mills products with a special code on the packaging, which they simply enter online at OutnumberHunger.com, along with their zip code, and that triggers a donation of five meals to a local food bank in their community. Jennifer says, “When I learned how effective this program for Outnumber Hunger seemed, I was absolutely in because when you have a problem that is that big and that sad that people are going hungry, and you have an easy solution for how people can get involved and help, that’s a win/win.”
To date, the annual Outnumber Hunger campaign has delivered more than 40 million meals to local food banks, thanks to consumers taking a minute to enter the codes off of participating packages of General Mills products.
In addition to advocating for Outnumber Hunger, Jennifer is currently headlining the CMT Women of Country Tour, which will wrap up at the end of the month, and she’s promoting her latest single, “Unlove You.”
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Jennifer Nettles – Outnumber Hunger so prevalent :35
“While I had a realization that hunger was some sort of issue in our country, I did not realize the degree to which it is an issue. We like to sit back and think well, this is the United States of America and we’re a first world country and we have all of these luxuries, and in some ways we like to think we are, for lack of a better word, above this sort of issue, and yet it is way more prevalent than I ever thought. 48 million Americans are affected my hunger every year. Yeah, that’s 48 million! Okay, that’s a big, big number.”
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Jennifer Nettles – Outnumber Hunger effective :49
“When I learned how effective this program for Outnumber hunger seemed, I was absolutely in because when you have a problem that is that big and that sad that people are going hungry, and you have an easy solution for how people can get involved and help, that’s a win/win. So the great part about I think this program is that it is so easy. One is already gonna go to the grocery store. If you see a Big Machine artist on the box, all you do, you take the box home and you put in a code into your computer, a number, that’s it. And when you put that in, what you get is five meals donated, not just randomly in the country, but specifically to your own home area for your local food bank.”
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Jennifer Nettles – Outnumber Hunger is working :27
“I love the combination of the ease, of how easy it is for people to make a difference and that it’s grass roots, that they’re making a difference within their own communities. The success that it has because it is so easy and so obvious in already securing 40 million meals … 40 million meals … that’s a lot of meals, okay! So clearly, it’s working and I think the more people get to hear about it, the more it will continue to work even better.
WHAT SHE’S DOING THIS WEEK – APRIL 11, 2016 – MONDAY
- Jennifer Nettles plays a show in Davenport, Iowa on Friday (4/15).
- Her new single is called “Unlove You.” She recently premiered the video for the song at CMT. Watch it here.
JENNIFER NETTLES – THE FACTS
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.jennifernettles.com/
FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferNettlesMusic
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JenniferNettles
RECENT TWEETS:
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Jennifer Nettles Retweeted Archillect
Good morning Kansas. What do ya say we play with fire tonight? #ivegotahotidea
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Don’t worry about it that I’m wearing subversive socks under my thigh highs. Ok? Good. #bossysocks https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfkHSfGW8AAyMto.jpg
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jennifernettles/
- BIRTH DATE: September 12, 1974 (She’s 41)
- HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Douglas, Georgia
- HUSBAND: Justin Miller
- CHILDREN: Magnus Hamilton Miller (b. 12/2012)
- DEBUT SINGLE (SUGARLAND): “Baby Girl”
- CURRENT SINGLE: 2016’s “Unlove You”
(SUGARLAND) NUMBER ONE SONGS – BILLBOARD’S COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART
Coming soon –
- CURRENT ALBUM: Playing with Fire – released on May 13, 2016
THE STUDIO ALBUMS
Most recent solo album:
That Girl – January 2014
Sugarland Albums:
The Incredible Machine – October 2010
Gold and Green – October 2009
Live on the Inside – August 2009
Love on the Inside – July 2008
Enjoy the Ride – November 2006
Twice the Speed of Life – October 2006
- GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: She made her solo debut in June of 2014.
SUGARLAND – AWARD WINS
Coming….