Author: FAKH Communications
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REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky and FAKH distribute more than 98k pounds of food to southern Kentucky families
Through the combined efforts of REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky (RASK) and Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH), a total of 98,507 pounds of food have been distributed to families in need in southern Kentucky. Now in its 10th year, REALTORS® Hope for Hunger, led by members of RASK and in partnership with FAKH, again hosted…
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FAKH, Anthem announces continued partnership to provide fresh produce across Kentucky’s Heartland
Three-year, $420K commitment will provide fresh produce to those facing hunger in FAKH service area In an effort to ensure people in Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland’s service area have access to fresh, healthy produce, they today announced a continuation of the years-long partnership with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem). With Anthem’s new three-year…
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Join us on KY Gives 2021 to raise funds for our BackPack program
Join us for KY Gives Day, May 11! Help us raise more than ever before for families with school-age children, who have been hit especially hard during the COVID-19 pandemic. With our $35K gift match, any dollar donated up to $35K will be DOUBLED! Special thanks to the FAKH Board of Directors and corporate sponsors…
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REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky and FAKH again host 3-day food drive and fundraising event to feed Southern Kentucky neighbors
Now in its 10th year, this event has raised funds for more than 3 million servings of food Bowling Green, Ky. – Together in partnership with Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH), the REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky is again hosting a fundraising event to bring awareness and fight hunger in southern Kentucky. Now in its…
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FAKH’s Essential Workers keeping food moving during the Pandemic
Gordon Burba, left, and Glenn Williams Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland is comprised of several staff members who work hard to ensure we are providing food to the people in our service area facing hunger. That involves many avenues of support, but not the least of which are the drivers and distributors who bring the food…
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Join the Fight Against Hunger: Virtual Food Drives and KY Gives Day 2021
Here at Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, our time is spent procuring food and distributing it to those in our 42-county service area facing hunger. That involves quite a bit of strategic decisions, planning and coordination to ensure we are doing our best to tackle the ever-increasing needs of the food insecure. And it involves you…
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Resilience in Action: FAKH responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
What a month it has been. Through ice storms and snowstorms, delays and closures, we continue to distribute food to people facing hunger in our 42 counties. This perseverance is a fitting metaphor for our work in the year since the COVID-19 pandemic began – a year that has tested our strength, fortitude, and everything…
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How FAKH and our Agency Partners combat hunger during COVID-19
As we and our more than 230 partner agencies host food distributions in our 42-county service area, we make it a point to talk to people, to gather the stories of those we serve because it is in those stories that we see the true face of hunger. We hear from the man who cries…
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FAKH participates in MLK Day of Service
Event included special food distributions, volunteer opportunities In a concerted effort to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) participated in MLK Day of Service. Now in its 26th year, MLK Day of Service encourages all Americans to improve communities through volunteer service. FAKH participated by holding special food distributions…
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Start the New Year Right – Support FAKH’s Mission in 2021
It’s a brand new year, and at Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland we are looking ahead to the future – a future where no one in our service area goes to bed hungry. And we want to take this time to thank you for doing your part to fight hunger. Because of your generosity we were…
