Tag: feeding kids
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Celebrate FAKH’s Pasta Bowl campaign with a delicious sauce from Impellizzeri’s
The report also reveals that childhood food insecurity is not only widespread in our region, but is also on the rise. In the FAKH service area, last year’s study identified four counties with childhood food insecurity rates exceeding 20%. However, this year, an alarming 36 counties within our service area report childhood food insecurity rates…
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The Truth About Education and Hunger
In a society that often relies on social media and/or the internet for their daily news, it’s easy to see how misconceptions can quickly become “truth”. As a hunger relief organization, we see instances of this all the time as it pertains to the more than 174,000 people we serve each year. One of these…
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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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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…