KAH West Metro

Kids Against Hunger - West Metro (KAH-WM) is a volunteer-driven organization whose purpose is to inspire, engage, and create communities for the common purpose of alleviating hunger. We do this by packaging highly nutritious meals made of a unique blend of rice, soy protein, dried vegetables, and flavoring fortified with 21 vitamins and minerals. Because we have minimal overhead, we currently package meals for about $0.15 per serving.

Since our launch in February of 2005, thousands of volunteers have packaged over 2.5 million servings that have been shipped to places like Thailand, Liberia, Tanzania, Haiti, Pakistan, Iraq, areas hit by Hurricane Katrina, and inner-city Minneapolis. KAH-WM is a satellite of Feeding Children International (www.feedingchildren.org) and an outreach ministry of Mount Calvary.

5TH ANNUAL PACKATHON PACKS A QUARTER MILLION MEALS!

Kids Against Hunger - West Metro wishes to thank the generous individual donors and corporate sponsors, as well as the nearly 700 volunteers, who made this year's Packathon our biggest ever with 250,796 life-saving meals being packaged on Saturday, November 14 at the event held at Mount Calvary in Excelsior. That food will soon be on its way to Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, and one which is right in America's own "back yard." It will be shipped to Children's International Lifeline in Haiti, http://www.childrenslifeline.com/ and distributed through Lifeline's network of nine distribution sites. The work of our parent organization, Kids Against Hunger, in Haiti has been featured in two recent documentaries - an "On the Road with Jason Davis" special on KSTP, and a segment of "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS. Both documentaries can be viewed on the stations' web sites. kstp.com/article/stories/S438242.shtml   www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec08/haitihunger_12-22.html.

 

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THANK YOU to all our volunteers and generous corporate sponsors!!!!
This year's event was sponsored by:
 
Gold Sponsors: ($2000 and up)
Karen and Bill Peters
Dot and Owen Schott
Jim and Jacque Lund
Beacon Bank www.beaconbank.com
Maynards www.maynardsonline.com
Mount Calvary Benevolence
Mount Calvary Foundation
Oppidan www.oppidan.com
Packnet http://www.packnetltd.com/
Thrivent (Crossroads Group) www.thrivent.com
Youngstedt Companies 
 
Silver Sponsors: ($1000 and up)
Anonymous
Excelsior Animal Hospital www.excelsioranimalhospital.net
IBM www.ibm.com
Kleinbank www.kleinet.com
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly http://www.oppenheimer.com/
Thrivent (West Hennepin Chapter) www.thrivent.com
 
Bronze Sponsors ($500)
Lakewinds Natural Foods www.lakewinds.com
 
Packing events are also held three times a month throughout the year. KAH-WM is a nondenominational, humanitarian organization with nonprofit status. KAH-WM is fortunate to utilize space, web hosting, and other support graciously provided by Mount Calvary Lutheran Church.
 
For more information or to volunteer, leave a message for our Packaging Coordinator at 952-474-8893 ext. 800, or email her at kidsagainsthungerwm@yahoo.com.

Links:
Volunteer Opportunities

 



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