"New Hope for Haiti" Packathon Under Way (March 3rd, 2010)
The entire student body - over 1,400 students - from Robbinsdale Middle School joined the NEW HOPE FOR HAITI event to package an additional 1,000,000 meals for the victims of the Haiti earthquake!
This first group of 200 students packaged 60,000 meals during their two-hour shift! To learn more about this event and to sign up for a food packaging session, please click on the "Haiti Earthquake Relief" button at the top of any page of our web site.
First-Hand Evidence of the Situation in Haiti (Feb. 26th, 2010)
Although many humanitarian relief organizations are now slowly withdrawing from Haiti, the crisis following the devastating earthquake is far from over. Over the weekend, Tim Stromer, the Director of our Mankato (MN) Division, went to Haiti with a team of doctors and counselors. This trip was financed by a private sponsor. Please visit our FaceBook page to see Tim's photos and to get a glimpse of the challenges that the people of Haiti still have to overcome. The need for support - and especially food - will be long-term and Kids Against Hunger will continue to work towards meeting that need.
Food distribution in la Gonave (FEB. 11th, 2010)
U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) distribute Kids Against Hunger's food to Haitian citizens in La Gonave. Click here for the full story.
Click here for a one-minute video of the U.S. Navy delivering our meals in Haiti (FEB. 7th, 2010)
New Photos from the U.S. Navy in Haiti (FEB. 4th, 2010)
"On January 13, 2010, at 2:30a.m., the crew of the USS Normandy CG-60 was recalled from their Hampton Roads homes in Virginia in preparation to get underway in support of Operation Unified Response. Despite many setbacks, we got underway that day and spent the next few days in route to Haiti, stopping only to pick up our Helicopter Detachment (HSL 46 Det
3) in Mayport, Florida. These photos are from one of our many Humanitarian Aid/Disaster relief missions while on location in Haitian waters. They are from the village of Boden, which is a small town that, due to the January 12th earthquake, lost connection to food supplies, trade and other resources that generally came from Port Au Prince".
Thank you, FC2 Robert T. Barnett (SW) and ENS Adam R. Cole (CG60), for providing these photos showing Kids Against Hunger's meals being distributed by the U.S. Navy! The crew of the USS Normandy CG-60 has handed out about 1,000 boxes of food already (the equivalent of 216,000 meals) and is in the process of distributing many more meals to Haitians in need.
get a 2009 tax deduction for your donation to help haiti (JAN. 29TH, 2010)
A new IRS tax law allows you to donate now and get a tax deduction for your 2009 taxes. Any donations made before March 1, 2010 to charitable organizations doing relief work in Haiti are deductible on your 2009 taxes. Kids Against Hunger has sent two million meals in earthquake relief to Haiti and will be sending millions more as quickly as we can. Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 return qualify for this special tax relief provision, enacted Jan. 22. Only contributions made to these charities after Jan. 11, 2010 and before March 1, 2010 are eligible. This includes contributions made to us by check, cash, credit card or debit card, and online through our web site.
KIDS Against Hunger featured on Twin Cities Live (JAN. 28TH, 2010)
Besides being one of the poorest nations on earth, Haiti is now having to deal with the devastation from the recent earthquake. To learn more about Kids Against Hunger's involvement, please view this great six-minute video featuring Richard Proudfit (Kids Against Hunger's founder) and Jason Davis (5 Eyewitness News) on their recent trip to Haiti:
Click here to watch the Help for Haiti Video
Kids against hunger's meals arriving in haiti (JAN. 27TH, 2010)
Since the earthquake struck Haiti two weeks ago, the U.S. Navy has already delivered 135 boxes of Kids Against Hunger's meals to various communities in need (that is the equivalent of 29,160 meals). Those communities include an Adventist Church compound where roughly 900 people affected by the earthquake are staying, an orphanage that was destroyed and unfortunately lost 56 children, and other seaside communities that have been devastated and are having trouble getting food. Below are some photos of the various distribution sites.
In the last two weeks, a total of 1.9 million Kids Against Hunger meals have been shipped to Haiti through various distribution partners - with many more to come.
Please also visit our FaceBook page for frequent updates.
Cargill supporting Kids Against Hunger's "10 million meals for Haiti" Campaign (JAN. 26TH, 2010)
We received word that Cargill Corporate is donating $11,000 to Kids Against Hunger, and the Cargill Texturizing Solutions Division is donating over 18 tons of their texturized soy protein, one of the main ingredients in Kids Against Hunger's meals. That is enough soy to produce 1,000,000 meals! Cargill employees are also responding to the crisis in Haiti by volunteering their time and packaging Kids Against Hunger's meals. Volunteers from Cargill’s Excelsior Crossing campus in Hopkins, MN, and from the Cargill Office Center in Wayzata, MN, packaged over 20,000 meals and are planning to package an additional 40,000 meals at their next event. We are very grateful to Cargill and the company's employees for helping us to provide 10 MILLION MEALS FOR HAITI!
ANother UPDATE ON HAITI CRISIS (JAN. 19TH, 2010)
Banyan Air Services in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, isÊcoordinating private pilots that are flying Kids Against Hunger's meals to Jacmel, a city south of Port-au-Prince. OnÊTuesday, the second flight from this group delivered 12,000 meals and Banyan Air Services will continue to deliver the Kids Against Hunger meals to Haiti as they become available. We are so grateful for their help!
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Rachel’s Challenge is reaching out to over 880 secondary schools across the country to ask them to help fundraise for Kids Against Hunger. Using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media, they hope to help us reach thousands of students with an appeal to help aid the victims of the Haitian earthquake.
The legacy of Rachel Joy Scott, the first fatality of the Columbine school shooting, emerged through the Rachel’s Challenge program. Rachel once said: “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same.”
In response to the Columbine High School tragedy in 1999, Darrell Scott developed a nationwide program for secondary students emphasizing his daughter’s philosophy of reaching out to others through kindness and compassion.
PLEASE HELP US RAISE $2.3 MILLION TO SEND 10 MILLION MEALS TO HAITI
Over 1,000,000 Kids Against Hunger meals already on the way to Haiti
Kids Against Hunger ships millions of meals to Haiti every year and now plans are being made for extra shipments. We desperately need your donations to purchase ingredients and to ship these additional meals. Please consider a special donation to help during this crisis. Please click on "Make a Donation" above to donate online immediately.ÊDonations can also be mailed to our headquarters at:ÊKids Against Hunger, 5401 Boone Avenue North New Hope, MN 55428.
UPDATE ON HAITI CRISIS (JAN. 14TH, 2010)
We are working diligently with our many satellite locations across the U.S. and our feeding partners on the ground in Haiti on getting additional food shipped immediately to help those affected by this tragedy. Here are some updates on the situation:
Good news: On 12/04/09, we shipped half a container of Kids Against Hunger's meals with the U.S. Navy on a ship called the Carl Vincent. It was originally bound for Peru, but has been diverted to Haiti, so we already have 142,560 meals on the ground. This is obviously not enough, but it is a good start to go towards meeting the immediate need for food.
As of today, thirteen Kids Against Hunger locations across the U.S. have combined their efforts to commit at least six container's worth of food (that's 1.7 million meals) for immediate shipment to the earthquake victims in Haiti. We are working on getting shipping arranged right now.
If you live in the Mankato (MN) area, please read this press release from our Mankato (MN) Division.
Check out this video from MSNBC: 1,000s Feared Dead in Massive Quake
Local news crews - as well as the radio station KS95 - have featured Kids Against Hunger's efforts during the last two days in an effort to raise awareness. Click below for the stories/videos:
If you are located within the 5 Eyewitness News (KSTP) viewing area, please tune in for a repeat broadcasting of the "On the Road with Jason Davis" program featuring Kids Against Hunger this Sunday at 11:05 p.m. This episode, featuring Jason Davis and Richard Proudfit (Kids Against Hunger's founder ) in Haiti last year, provides a good overview of the living conditions in Haiti. The current situation in Haiti makes this show especially relevant right now!
earthquake in haiti resulting in crisis! (JAN. 13TH, 2010)
By now you probably know that Haiti has been hit by a devastating earthquake and millions are in need of our help. This morning, we talked with our agents who handle food shipments to and distribution in Haiti. They said that theyÊ
are safe, but their buildings suffered structural damage and they will need additional Kids Against Hunger food for the thousands of people affected by this earthquake and who
are less fortunate. We are putting together plans for extra shipments and desperately need your help to purchase the ingredients to package these additional meals. If you are able to, please make an online donation immediately by clicking here (or on the "Make a donation" link at the top of the page). Donations can also be mailed to our Headquarters at: Kids Against Hunger, 5401 Boone Avenue North, New Hope, MN 55428.
PLEASE HELP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!
These pictures were taken by one of our food distribution partners in Grand Goave - a town
approx. 60 miles west of Port au Prince, Haiti's capital. They show some of the damage
caused by the earthquake - leaving thousands of Haitians without shelter and food.
INTRODUCING NEW STAFF MEMBERS (JAN. 11TH, 2010)
Director of Satellite Operations: Gary Korpi
Gary Korpi joined our team on 01/04/10 as the new Satellite Operations Manager. Gary will be in charge of a variety of duties, including the following:
- Management of warehouse operations at the New Hope (MN) office
- Prospecting and start-up of new food packaging satellites
- Support of existing satellites
- Fulfillment of satellite supply and ingredient orders and shipping
arrangements from New Hope to satellites
Director of Packaging Operations: Scott Anderson
To keep up with the increasing demand for off-site/mobile food packaging sessions, we added another new member to the Kids Against Hunger team at the Headquarters. Starting on 01/11/10, Scott Anderson will lead volunteer packaging groups at our New Hope location - as well as mobile food packaging events with schools, churches, corporations, and other local groups. Scott will also serve as the spokesperson to the community at large for the purpose of increasing community awareness and continuing the development of Kids Against Hunger's food packaging efforts.
Last four days to donate in 2009 (dec. 29th, 2009)
During these last 4 days of 2009, as we reflect on the many blessings we enjoy this holiday season, please take a moment to remember the children you have helped throughout this year. Your gifts provided over 60 million lifesaving meals to children around the world and around the corner. Each week we must refuse requests for additional meals for more children in need because we lack the funds to purchase additional ingredients. Every child deserves proper nutrition to grow up strong and healthy, so please click on "Make a donation" above to make your one-time, tax-deductible end of the year donation or register for automatic monthly online donations. Thank you for helping us help the children.
kids against hunger's founder is turning 80! (dec. 17th, 2009)
God gave a gift to the world when Richard Proudfit was born almost eighty years ago. He is a person who loves and cares, who sees a need and fills it, who encourages and lifts people up, who spends all of his energy on others rather than himself, and touches each life he enters and makes a difference in the world. May the love Richard has shown to others be returned to him multiplied.
Happy Birthday, Richard!
To honor Kids Against Hunger's Founder and President, we held a surprise open house party for him this afternoon. As you can see below, it was a big hit! If you would like to add to the birthday wishes, please feel free to e-mail or call our New Hope office. No gifts please, but financial contributions for Kids Against Hunger are always welcome.
over a million meals shipped last week! (dec. 7th, 2009)
Last week, 1,140,480 of Kids Against Hunger's high-nutrition meals were shipped out! The first container was picked up on Wednesday and is currently headed for Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, where the meals will be distributed to families in need by Children's Lifeline International and Northwest Haiti Christian Missions.
Three additional containers full of food left our dock on Friday, and are on their way to Norfolk, VA, where the meals will be loaded onto a U.S. Navy ship headed for Africa next week. The food will be distributed in several African countries - including Liberia, Ghana, and Senegal.
a different kind of gift idea (dec. 4th, 2009)
This month, make an online donation in honor or memory of your loved ones and we will send them a personalized greeting card on your behalf. Click on "Make a donation" at the top to get started and see how your contribution can not only save the lives of starving children abroad and feed hungry children here at home, but also bring joy to your loved ones this Christmas season.
satellite director named local "home town hero" (Nov. 25th, 2009)
Larry Bergeron, Kids Against Hunger - Cincinnati's Satellite Director, was selected by 55KRC (a radio station) and IGA (a grocery store chain) as Cincinnati's 55KRC/IGA "Hometown Hero". Each month, one individual from the tri-state region of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky is chosen for this award.
Larry received a donation for his Kids Against Hunger food packaging satellite - as well as a radio interview last week. You can find more information and pictures on his blog. Congratulations, Larry!
New web site! (Nov. 6th, 2009)
As you may have noticed, we have completely redesigned our web site. Media Junction did a wonderful job and we are very pleased with the results. We hope you like the new look and content and we would love to hear your feedback. For more recent news, please check out our October newsletter on the right.
food shipment to haiti (sept. 15th, 2009)
On September 15th, two containers full of Kids Against Hunger's nutritious meals were shipped to Haiti. This collaborative effort of the South Minneapolis (MN), Mankato (MN), and New Hope (MN) locations will provide more than 570,000 meals for starving children and their families in the poorest country in the Western hemisphere!
participation in combined federal campaign (sept. 15th, 2009)
Kids Against Hunger is pleased to announce that we have been admitted for participation in the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Each fall, beginning in September, federal employees - civilian, military and postal - are invited to support eligible national and local charities. Employees choose the groups they wish to support from a list of charities that have submitted applications and been deemed qualified by the CFC. To be eligible to receive donations through the CFC, charities must meet stringent requirements set by the federal government.
Being included in the CFC program not only makes it convenient for federal employees who know of Kids Against Hunger to support our work with their donations; it also introduces our organization to those who are not yet familiar with us. As we strive to expand our program of feeding children around the corner and around the world, raising awareness is crucial to our success. We encourage all federal employees to select Kids Against Hunger as their charity of choice and register for monthly donations through the 2009 CFC.
food shipments to swaziland, senegal, liberia (july 1st, 2009)
Since the beginning of June, the Kids Against Hunger Headquarters and our Mankato, MN, Division have provided more than 830,000 meals to be shipped to Swaziland, Senegal, and Liberia. An additional 18,000 meals will be distributed to local food shelves within the U.S.
