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New 'Spread the Sharing' Campaign Celebrates the Power of Sharing 4/18/2007 from www.pr-inside.com

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To celebrate the power of sharing, Shedd's Country Crock(R) today announced a partnership with America's Second Harvest to launch "Spread the Sharing," a nationwide campaign challenging Americans to tell one million stories of sharing by Thanksgiving 2007.

Whether lending a hand at a local soup kitchen, baking cookies for a new neighbor or serving a meal to a friend, people all across America are finding ways to better their communities. Everyone can share their stories - no matter how big or small - at http://www.spreadthesharing.com/. Each time a story is told a meal will be donated to feed a family in need through America's Second Harvest. Shedd's Country Crock has already made an initial donation of one million meals through America's Second Harvest and is looking to match that donation with every story shared.

In addition, the website will feature its own streaming newscast, The Sharing News Network (SNN), which will report weekly on stories of sharing. SNN reporters will travel the nation searching for stories, some of which will used in the weekly newscast and posted as video diaries on the site.

To help kick-off the Spread the Sharing" campaign, Country Crock has enlisted Grammy Award-winning singer Amy Grant as campaign spokesperson and host of the Sharing News Network.

"This campaign is about the power of sharing and the power of communities," said Grammy Award-winning singer Amy Grant, spokesperson for the campaign who hosted a network program dedicated to making wishes come true. "When people notice the difference sharing makes in their community, they are motivated to share even more."

The campaign is an easy way for us all to share with the larger community. Hunger is on the rise with 38.2 million Americans living in food-insecure households(1). Last year alone, America's Second Harvest, the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the country, provided food assistance to more than 25 million low-income hungry people in the United States, including nearly nine million children.

"Hunger is a real concern in America and our partnership with Country Crock will help feed more families," said Vicki Escarra, President & CEO of America's Second Harvest. "Everyone can tell a story that will help feed a hungry family."