You have seen the news reports about the disaster in Haiti. Kids Against Hunger has always allocated 1/3 of the food we package to international disasters. We have been asked for emergency help in the relief effort in Haiti. Specifically to supply Kids Against Hunger food. You can help. We are scheduling KAHC food packing events beyond our normal packing schedule. We need funds to purchase the ingredients so that we can pack and ship these high protein meals ASAP. KAHC has already shipped over 500,000 meals to Haiti, and will ship an additional 500,000 meals into Haiti January 18, 2010 with the United States Navy. Our administration has pledged to double the shipments into this hard hit region in the weeks and months ahead.
Here is how you can help:
1) sponsor an event in your area, go to the menu tab and click host an event
2) support us through your contributions and help buy more ingredients, you can give online today through our secure web site service with electronic check or credit card at Donate.
Funds for supplies are the greatest need right now.The pictures say it all. We have a lot of boxes to fill,
and $61 will provide 216 meals. Would you help us fill them.
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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.