Tag: children
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May Isn’t Always About Celebrating
The month of May brings with it a lot of things to celebrate here in Kentucky: the arrival of spring, the Kentucky Derby, and of course the end of the school year. In addition, many will soon be celebrating a graduation. From kindergarteners to college students, thousands of people all across our region will be…
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KY Gives Day Raises Over $8,000 for FAKH
On April 18th, Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland participated in the fifth annual KY Gives Day. This event, hosted by the Kentucky Nonprofit Network, is a 24-hour online giving campaign to benefit nonprofits across the state. This year’s campaign brought together 32 individual donors who contributed $4,022 to our organization to help our most vulnerable children. This tremendous response…
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FAKH Participating in 2017 KY Gives Day
For the fourth year in a row, Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland will be participating in Kentucky Gives Day, a 24-hour online giving campaign to benefit nonprofits across the state. This year’s even will begin at midnight (EST) on April 18th and run through 11:59 p.m. Once again, every donation we receive will be used to support the BACKPACK PROGRAM…
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Help Fight Child Hunger One Bag at a Time
Due to the lack of resources many of their families face, these children often rely on the meals they are able to get at school for most of their nutritional needs.Unfortunately, when these meals aren’t available their families struggle to provide the food necessary for an active, healthy life. Through this program, children who are…
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Spring 2017 Give a Day for Hunger Event Numbers
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“Brush Away Hunger and Tooth Decay” Drive Collects over 8,000 Toothbrushes for BackPack Program
2016 – Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) and Lincoln Trail District Health Department (LTDHD) partnered for a toothbrush drive aimed at improving the dental hygiene of children participating in the BackPack Program. “An assessment of the state’s dental health found that half of Kentucky’s children had decay in their primary teeth, more than twice the…