Our Mission:
KAH has a single focus of feeding hungry children in Springfield and starving children around the world. We will "Be part of the Solution to Eliminate Hunger in Our World"
Our Goal:
To education and engage the people of Springfield to aid in the Fight Against Hunger around the world.
Our Volunteers:
Churches, Schools, Scouts, Friends, Families help us package the specially formulated meals. We prepare them for shipment with your help. The meals consist of 4 dry ingredients. Each of four people add an ingredient, others weigh, seal or box the meals and they are ready to ship locally or around the world.
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There are many different groups with a similar mission, each with its own budget, fund raising structure, relationships for food distribution. But each and every group is committed to eliminate hunger in our world. We work with other packaging organizations to help minimize our cost of raw materials and supplies. Many times organizations will work together to complete a full container for shipping to a country with the greatest need.
We are all supported financially by our local community. Churches, clubs, individuals and civic organizations will help raise money to continue to raise money and further our fight against hunger in the world.
This wonderful idea of packaging this meal is the brain child of Richard Proutfit of MN, he saw a huge injustice and addressed it. There are KAH organizations in seventeen states and Canada.
KAH-Springfield has shipped meals to Iowa, The Kitchen in Springfield, The Salvation Army in Springfield. We have also shipped meals to Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, and, Tanzania. Other Packaging group ship to other countries. Today there are over 40 countries receiving the packaged meals.
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Our Food
The meals we package are uniquely formulated by food scientists to provide a rich source of easily digestible protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins needed by an undernourished child’s body and mind. The meal is a vegetarian rice caserole which is widely accepted around the world. The food offers 9 of the essential amino acids required for complete nutrition for the mind and body. It is very simple to prepare, requiring only 6-8 cups of boiling water to make a complete meal.
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Timeline of the Kids Against Hunger Organizations
1974 - Feeding Children International was started by Richard Proudfit in New Hope, Minnesota
1977 - After less than desirable results Mr. Proudfit consulted food scientists to help formulate a meal which will reverse the long term effect of the starvation process. Success insued immediately and has continued to this day. Mr. Proudfit supported the packaging and distribution of food with the help of family and friends.
1999 – Began adding independent satellite packaging and distribution locations across the U.S and Canada
2007 – Kids Against Hunger – Springfield, Inc. began packaging and supporting the efforts of Kids Against Hunger on December 8, 2007.
2008 - Kids Against Hunger - Springfield packaged 850,000 meals, the food was used in the U.S., shipped to Haiti and Tanzania.
2009 - Kids Against Hunger - Springfield packaged over 1 million meals
2010 - January-May KAH-Springfield shipped over 640,000 for the people of Haiti.
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Packaging Groups with Similar Missions
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Outreach, Inc. Union, IA
Feeding Children International, Stewart, MN
Kids Against Hunger, Naples, FL
Kids Against Hunger, DesMoines, IA
Kids Against Hunger, St Cloud, MN
Lifeline Christian Ministry, Westerville, OH
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