Category: Volunteers
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Where Shepherd’s Pie Feeds More Than Hunger
On any given Tuesday in the small town of Magnolia, cars line up outside Magnolia Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Inside, Shepherd’s Pie Food Pantry hums with volunteers sorting produce, and packing boxes. Magnolia spans three counties: Green, Hart and LaRue, and is considered a geographical food desert. For many neighbors, a trip to the grocery store…
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Serving Those Who Serve: How the ASYMCA Strengthens Military Families
At the Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA), the mission is simple but powerful: to serve those who serve our country. The organization is located on Fort Campbell, a major Army installation that is known as the home of the 101st Airborne Division and other units. While the 30,000+ men and women based at Ft. Campbell serve…
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Feeding Families, Fueling Hope: Serving Barren County at Temple Hill Baptist Church
Each month at Temple Hill Baptist Church, cars line up early with neighbors greeting neighbors, all coming together for one shared purpose: to ensure that families across Barren County have enough to eat. For Tracey Roberts and her team, partnering with Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) has been a turning point in their distributions. “Since…
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Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: Serving Hart County with Heart
In Munfordville, Kentucky, FAKH agency partner From the Abundance of the Hart has been a lifeline for neighbors for more than two decades. “We’ve been hosting this distribution since July of 2000,” said Pastor Phillip Trent, President of From the Abundance of the Hart food pantry. “On a single day distribution, we serve about 480…
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Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland honors volunteers during annual luncheon
Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) hosted its annual Volunteer Luncheon Friday afternoon at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown. The event celebrated the contributions of FAKH volunteers who have supported the organization’s mission to combat food insecurity across its 42-county service area in the last year. In 2024, over 2,000 individuals volunteered at the organization’s…
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New Volunteer Center Policies
We are constantly looking for ways in which we can be a better, more efficient organization. That includes creating a safe place for those across the region to volunteer their time. That being said, starting in January 2018 we will be implementing a few new policies at our Volunteer Center. These changes are listed below,…
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Fall 2017 “Give a Day for Hunger” Event
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Spring 2017 Give a Day for Hunger Event Numbers
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Join Us for the Give a Day for Hunger Event: Fighting Hunger in Central Kentucky
February 28, 2017 – We are excited to partner with United Way of Central Kentucky, Health South Regional Lakeview Hospital, St. James School Regional students, and other community members again this spring for our Give a Day for Hunger event. The purpose of this event is to fill bags full of food for children living in poverty across Central Kentucky…
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Thank You Volunteers: FAKH reflects on 2016 Achievements in Fighting Hunger
Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) would like to pass along a special THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered with us during 2016. Your efforts to help us fight hunger made a tremendous difference in the lives of thousands of struggling Kentuckians throughout our region! For those who are not familiar with FAKH, we are a…