SESAME STREET: Growing Hope Against Hunger

• October 10, 2011

Sunday, October 16 at 1 p.m.

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Growing Hope Against Hunger is a one hour television special produced by Sesame Workshop with documentary films by Academy Award winning director and filmmaker Cynthia Wade starring Brad Paisley, Kimberly Williams Paisley, and the Sesame Street Muppets. The special, made possible by the generous support of Walmart, presents families’ personal stories to raise awareness of the widespread issue of hunger in the United States, as well as strategies that have helped these families find resources and grow stronger together. Growing Hope Against Hunger will also introduce a new Muppet named Lily whose family has an ongoing struggle with hunger.

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