Kids Against Hunger Coalition – Action Projections for 2010
Over 30 years ago Richard Proudfit founded a nonprofit organization called Feed My Starving Children, presently DBA Kids Against Hunger International. The Founder of Kids Against Hunger International has successfully organized volunteer teams called satellites who have been responsible for packaging and delivering over 200 million meals to over 65 countries worldwide.
Dr. Donald E. Burwell, President/CEO of the K A H Coalition, started the Kids
Against Hunger Coalition of Michigan at the end of 1998. In 1999 Dr. Burwell started the first Michigan Satellite, the K A H Detroit Satellite which is now located in Oak Park Michigan, as a subsidiary of the KAH Coalition. The K A H Detroit Satellite partners with Kids Against Hunger International, through a signed Satellite Agreement, to feed starving children around the world and in our local communities. Dr. Burwell leads the activities associated with Kids Against Hunger programs in Michigan. Through his K A H Coalition mobile operations he oversees the volunteer packaging activities in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Winsor, Ontario Canada.
Presently there are three active Satellite Subsidiaries in Michigan: Detroit, Mt. Pleasant, and West Branch. These Satellite Subsidiaries expect to package in excess of two (2) million meals this year. For the State of Michigan, the K A H Coalition of Michigan projects an annual packaging output of more than seven (7) million meals by year end 2015. This food is presently sent to over 100 food pantries in Michigan, to over six Countries in Africa, over seven Countries in South America (including Haiti), and one Country in Central America. For additional information on where our food is shipped please see attachment "A" or visit our Web Site: kidsagainsthungercoalition.com . The Michigan Satellites mobilize civic, religious, educational, community organizations, foundations, and humanitarian organizations to help with fundraising, food packaging, and the delivery of K A H meals. Over 36,000 volunteers have assisted in this effort in the past 30 months.
Kids Against Hunger Great Lakes Coalition has packaged 5,132,592 meals since the fall of 2004. 1,846,152 of these were packaged in 2009. This year, 2010, KAHC volunteers have packaged 856,872 meals. Since 2004 over 43,028 volunteers have participated in KAHC packaging. KAHC has shipped over 1,000,000 meals to Haiti, through The United States Navy, Coast Guard, and other humanitarian groups. KAHC has shipped over 14,692 meals to the Dominican Republic, over 648,000 meals to Guatemala, and 108,000 to Baton Rouge, Louisiana as part of Hurricane Katrina relief effort. KAHC has sent 50,000 meals to Ghana, and 405,120 to Kenya Africa. KAHC has also shipped 200,000 meals to the following countries: Panama, Nicaragua, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tobago, and French Guiana. We have shipped over 70,000 meals to Manila in the Philippine Islands. Finally KAHC has shipped over 1,655,528 meals to local community shelters & food depots in Michigan Indiana and Ohio through distribution channels like Our Lady of Fatima delivery systems.