The January Service meeting will take a different form from usual. We will meet on Saturday January 22 at 11:00 at the Kids Against Hunger facility in Milford, Ohio. We have received the following communication from KAH:
“Your request to pack at the "factory" was passed on to me by our Volunteer Coordinator (Milady Eliasen), and we're very excited about a group of 28 from the American Heritage Girls possibly coming to pack at the "factory" on 1/22/11. As you are probably aware, we at Kids Against Hunger, provide humanitarian aid in the form of fortified protein packets to starving children all over the world. This past month, the Cincinnati Kids Against Hunger factory reached a milestone--packing its 4 millionth meal, largely due to the generosity and support of the thousands of Cincinnati volunteers who packed at the factory over the past 2/12 years- truly amazing!
I remind most groups prior to coming to pack, that we receive no federal, state or local government support. All of our funding comes from private donations from individuals and groups like yours, who wish to help starving children locally, nationally and globally. We need the financial resources to buy the ingredients (that your group will be packing) for our nutritious food packs (rice, fortified soy with 52% protein, 6 dried vegetables and 21 vitamins & minerals). A group of 10 volunteers, in an average 2 hour period (the time our volunteers usually work), can produce about 3,888 meals at a cost of about $972 (or about $100 per person). Anything you and your group can do to offset most, if not all of the costs would be very much appreciated.”
Please note that we are NOT doing any fundraising for KAH. This would violate our 501c3 not-for-profit status. We are simply asking each person to think about what you can do to help with the cost of this pack. The girls can save money, do extra chores, whatever you as a family are able to do so that they are investing in this time of feeding children.
I want to make it clear that this is purely optional. NO ONE is required to give anything. We hesitate to ask you to give anything because our families are already asked to give and do so much. You have been so generous and such a blessing. I am just passing on to you the information that we received from KAH. They have to keep their supply levels up so that they can continue to feed hungry children.
Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
Blessings,
Cynthia – Coordinator
