(http://sharemynextmeal.com/)

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) Theres finally good reason to upload photos of your food on social media, thats because students from the University of The Fraser Valley have found a way to use the obsession to help food banks in our province.

Share My Next Meal (#sharemynextmeal) is a campaign started by Global Development students Kara Hanson, Carolina Silva and Cydney Myers.

Together the three wanted to bring awareness to local poverty in a creative way.

There are issues of poverty right here in our back yard, says Cydney Myers co-founder of the campaign. When people first think about poverty, the thought of their neighbour around the corner not having dinner that night is not what first comes to mind, says Myers.

Inspired in part by the global awareness that was brought to ALS from the popular Ice Bucket Challenge, the group launched a similar campaign hoping to boost donations to local food banks.

What you are asked to do is take a picture of your next meal and with the hashtag sharemynextmeal and take a portion of the proceeds of that meal and donate it to your local food bank, says Myers.

You then nominate three friends to do the very same.

Myers adds that the hashtag has been used all over the world as people from across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Portugal, UK, and even in Thailand have accepted the challenge.

You can find more information on how to get involved here.

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Students hope to use social media to help food banks