Healthy Clarke County Coalition has partnered with The Outreach Program and Hunger-Free Iowa Initiative to package 20,000 meals for the local community.
There are nearly 400,000 Iowans who are food insecure, including more than 1,150 Clarke County residents according to Feeding America.
On May 5, interested Clarke Community School District students and volunteers will be packaging 20,000 meals in the school gymnasium after school. These meals will stay in the local community to continue to fight food insecurity.
The meals will be available at Clarke County Food Pantry, Osceola Community Center, Osceola Food Co-op.
Healthy Clarke County Coalition is also partnering with Clarke County Hospital to provide nutrition education at the event.
They are looking for donations and volunteers for the event.
For more information contact Kyle Ellensohn at 641-342-2122
About The Outreach Program, Hunger-Free Iowa Initiative
The Outreach Program is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizers of charity meal-packaging events, providing nutritious meals to those in need both at home and abroad.
Outreach was founded in 2004 by Iowa natives Floyd Hammer and his wife Kathy Hamilton. Since its inception, Outreach has facilitated the packaging of over 362 million meals for hungry people around the world.
Outreach meal packaging events are held across the United States and Canada to engage colleges, universities, businesses, religious and civic organizations, schools and volunteers of all ages.
Outreach is funded through grants, donations and social entrepreneurship. Outreach also provides clean water, medical care, and education to the people of rural Tanzania.
In 2013, Hammer and Hamilton were invited to the White House by President Obama and former President Bush where they received the 5,000th Point of Light Award. Outreach consistently receives a 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator and is a trusted member of Guidestar.
In August 2014, Outreach launched the Hunger-Free Iowa Initiative. The goal of the Initiative is to engage all 99 Iowa counties in collaboration efforts to make Iowa the nation’s first hunger-free state.