Jeff Bridges, Jordana Brewster encourage students to eat breakfast

WINNETKA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It was a special Tuesday morning for Stanley Mosk Elementary School students in Winnetka.

They got a visit from Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges, "The Fast and the Furious" actress Jordana Brewster and "Hunger Games" actress Amandla Stenberg.

Bridges and Brewster dropped in to talk about the important of eating breakfast every morning as part of the No Kid Hungry Campaign. At each and every Los Angeles Unified School District campus that meal is provided after the morning bell.

Bridges said the kids love it.

"That community spirit of sitting down and having breakfast together, you know, that's a wonderful way to start the day," he said.

Brewster agreed and added that No Kid Hungry Campaign offers a program that makes it easier for kids to have breakfast at school.

"School starts so early already, that if kids were to get here earlier that would be almost impossible. So kids are eating in the classroom or with to-go carts right before class so it becomes really practical and easy," she said.

According to the No Kid Hungry Campaign, one in four kids struggle with hunger in California, and 2.2 million low income children are missing out on school breakfast.

Together with California Food Police Advocates, they're asking state lawmakers to expand the program.

"If you care about how our schools are performing, if you care about our countries economic competitiveness, then you need to see what is happening here," said Billy Shore with the No Kid Hungry Campaign.

Members of the campaign believe children who eat breakfast are less likely to miss class and score 17.5 percent higher on math tests.

"You can't really concentrate in school if you don't have the proper nutrition. We've got so many kids coming to school too hungry to learn," Bridges said.