I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It’s not all about the cooking, but the fact that I can contribute by using my influence to help people all over the country. In the last two years, my partners and I have fed more than 10 million hungry people by bringing meat to food banks.

In this statement, Deen frames personal fulfillment as inseparable from public service: her happiness on waking is tied not merely to professional success in cooking and media, but to leveraging celebrity influence for charitable impact. The emphasis on “contribute” and “help people all over the country” recasts fame as a tool with obligations, while the concrete metric—“more than 10 million hungry people”—functions as moral accounting, translating goodwill into measurable outcomes. The mention of “bringing meat to food banks” highlights a specific, practical form of aid (protein donations) and situates her philanthropy within partnerships and supply chains rather than individual acts alone.