{"id":29186,"date":"2016-05-23T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=29186"},"modified":"2016-05-23T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:11:08","slug":"new-unicef-kid-power-band-for-force-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2016\/05\/23\/new-unicef-kid-power-band-for-force-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"New UNICEF Kid Power Band for Force For Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UNICEF Kid Power — The World<\/em>\u2019<\/em>s First Wearable-for-Good<\/em>–<\/em>\u00ae<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>—<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>is available in four colors, including the new green band\u00a0<\/em>\u2013<\/em>\u00a0and now in all Target stores.<\/em><\/p>\n

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today introduced a new\u00a0UNICEF Kid Power<\/a>\u00a0Band in a special co-branded\u00a0Star Wars: Force for Change\u00a0<\/em>green color to allow kids and\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>fans alike to get active and save lives. To help fans get excited about unlocking therapeutic food packets, a new\u00a0Star Wars: Force for Change<\/em>\u00a0Mission was launched today through the UNICEF Kid Power App, free for every member of the UNICEF Kid Power Team when they update their App. Ashley Eckstein, voice of Ahsoka Tano in both\u00a0Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Star Wars Rebels<\/em>, is featured in the new Mission.<\/p>\n

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And, to make it even easier for families to get active and save lives this summer, UNICEF Kid Power Bands are now available in all Target stores as well as on Target.com.*<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how UNICEF Kid Power works: By getting active with the UNICEF Kid Power Band, kids go on Missions to learn about new cultures and earn points. Points unlock funding from partners, parents and fans, and funds are used by UNICEF to deliver lifesaving packets of therapeutic food to severely malnourished children around the world. The more kids move, the more points they earn and the more lives they save.\u00a0UNICEF Kid Power is a program of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and is made possible through the generous support of Presenting Sponsors\u00a0Star Wars: Force for Change<\/em>\u00a0and Target as well as local partners, parents and fans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe UNICEF Kid Power Team has made great strides towards ending global malnutrition. To date \u2013 kids, parents, teachers and fans across the country have earned more than 7 million Kid Power Points, unlocking almost 600,000 packets of Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food \u2013 enough to save the lives of 4,000 children around the world,\u201d said Caryl Stern, President and CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF. We\u2019re so proud of the Kid Power team, and now fans can continue making a difference as they play, jump and run with exciting new Mission and Band options.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Globally, 1 in 4 children is malnourished\u00a0\u2013\u00a0about 159 million children worldwide\u00a0\u2013\u00a0while 1 in 4 children in the United States is inactive. Malnutrition is attributable to nearly half of all deaths of children under age five, and 16 million children suffer from the most life-threatening form of malnutrition\u00a0\u2013severe acute malnutrition\u00a0\u2013\u00a0which can require specialized care with therapeutic food packets. The therapeutic food\u00a0packets unlocked by UNICEF Kid Power contain a specially-designed protein and vitamin-rich peanut paste, which allows children who are severely malnourished to be treated in their communities and has the potential to transform the lives of millions of malnourished children around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cStar Wars: Force for Change is proud to continue working with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in support of UNICEF Kid Power. Force for Change is\u00a0allabout inspiring\u00a0others\u00a0people\u00a0to make a positive impact\u00a0on the world\u00a0and the UNICEF Kid Power program is doing just that.\u00a0By empowering kids to take action by getting active and saving lives, they are true examples of a Force for Change.\u00a0With the new green band and Star Wars-themed Mission, we\u2019re thrilled to be able to use the Star Wars brand to help kids\u00a0around the world\u00a0in need.\u201d\u00a0Kayleen Walters, VP, Franchise Marketing & Integrated Planning, Lucasfilm.<\/p>\n

Students in 13 cities are also taking steps to end global malnutrition as part of the UNICEF Kid Power school program, which leverages easy-to-use technology and standards-based curriculum to promote healthy living and global citizenship. In a few weeks, all students can continue getting active and saving lives during their summer break, when they have the opportunity to switch over to the Kid Power Family App.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Target, we\u2019re incredibly proud of the success of UNICEF Kid Power in helping kids in the U.S. get active while also addressing global malnutrition,\u201d\u00a0said Laysha Ward, executive vice president and chief corporate social responsibility officer, Target.\u00a0\u201cWe think our guests will love the new green color band and we\u2019re excited to reach even more families by now offering UNICEF Kid Power Bands in all of our stores, in addition to Target.com.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0UNICEFKidPower.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNICEF Kid Power — The World\u2019s First Wearable-for-Good–\u00ae\u00a0—\u00a0is available in four colors, including the new green band\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and now in all Target stores. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today introduced a new\u00a0UNICEF Kid Power\u00a0Band in a special co-branded\u00a0Star Wars: Force for Change\u00a0green color to allow kids and\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0fans alike to get active and save lives. To … Continue reading New UNICEF Kid Power Band for Force For Change<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[649],"tags":[1147,2069,73,29,266,1146],"class_list":["post-29186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity-donations","tag-force-for-change","tag-kid-power","tag-lucasfilm","tag-target","tag-the-clone-wars","tag-unicef"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29188,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29186\/revisions\/29188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}