Tag: schools
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FAKH announces new school food pantry partnership to feed local kids
Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) has announced partnerships with Allen, Caldwell, Logan, Russell and Washington County School Districts, as well as Caverna Independent School District to support a new School […]
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REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky & FAKH distribute more than 664,884 servings to southern Kentucky families.
REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky (RASK) and Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH), teamed up to distribute a total of 664,884 servings of food to southern Kentucky families. The food was […]
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FAKH BackPack program expands to help Kentucky kids facing hunger
n the coming weeks, school will begin across Kentucky’s Heartland. The free school meals students depend on are no longer available, unless their family qualifies through a lengthy application process which hinges on their income. If a family is above the income requirements, then they will have to pay full or reduced price for school…
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Without school meals for all, Kentucky children face hunger this summer.
Over the next three months, thousands of children in Kentucky will spend their Summer worried, irritated, and sad all because of one thing – hunger. School administrators, like Leah Feagin, […]
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Fall 2017 “Give a Day for Hunger” Event
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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 […]
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Local High School Students Receive $10,000 Grant to Benefit FAKH
Students in the Service Club at Elizabethtown High School recently won both a $10,000 grant to benefit FAKH as well as a $5,000 technology grant for their school. Earlier this […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]