Archive for April, 2010
For many of the students of Evans High School the devastation of the January earthquake in Haiti hit very close to home. With the largest Haitian population in Florida, 37% of the students had family members who were directly affected by the earthquake and its devastation. On early day approximate
04.15.2010| Kids Against Hunger | staff
275 volunteers from the Lehigh Acres Kiwanis Club packed 65,006 meals for the hungry. What was neat about this particular packing event is that not only will the food be going abroad to help those in need but it will also be distributed to local food pantries to help the hungry here. Lehigh Kiwansi
04.15.2010| Kids Against Hunger | staff
A huge thanks to everyone who came out from the Central Florida United Soccer community to "Say NO to Starvation" to package meals for Haiti. We had a great time and most importantly got to help the people of Haiti who are in dire need. Since our packers were 99% athletes we had to throw a little
04.15.2010| Kids Against Hunger | staff
CHILD HUNGER: Every six seconds a child dies because of hunger and related causes (Source: State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2004) 10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60 percent of the deaths (Source: The St
04.3.2010| Kids Against Hunger | staff