Actress filling cups for the hungry.(Who ... When ... Where ... How ... WHAT?)

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If $50 can "fill a cup" for a year, Drew Barrymore can say she's filled up 20,000 on her own. The 33-year-old Charlie's Angels actress, who gained prominence in the 1982 film, E.T., announced her pledge of $1 million to the World Food Program (WFP) on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The donation kicks off a challenge to the United States to feed 10 million children for a year.

The WFP's "Fill the Cup" campaign seeks $3 billion--about 25 cents a day--to feed 59 million hungry school children in developing countries worldwide for a year. WFP aims to feed 73 million people around the world this year but anticipates a $500-million deficit in its $3.4 billion budget because of increases in food and transportation costs the past few months.

The $50 can "fill a cup" for a year and up to 70 percent of the food used for school meals is bought from farmers in developing countries.

Now earning a reported $10 million a movie, the WFP ambassador against hunger has traveled to Kenya twice for the program and said she has seen what a difference "a simple cup of nutritious porridge can make in a child's life. It helps them learn, stay healthy and sets them on track for a bright future."

Donations can be made through www.wfp.org

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