Kimberly Schoetzow, Communications Coordinator, Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
Requests for emergency food assistance skyrocket during the summer months. To meet this year’s demand, Loaves & Fishes is kicking off their Food is Fuel Kids Campaign, with a target goal of $50,000 and 50,000 pounds of food by the end of August.
“No one can be successful or fully participate in the world around them without regular access to food,” says Anne Wend Lipsey, Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes’ executive director. “It’s that simple.”It’s even more important for growing children to have a nourishing diet.Without the proper ‘fuel’ in a child’s diet, they aren’t the best students, athletes, or community members.
Food is the link to ensure kids have the chance to fulfill their ultimate potential. A diet lacking in nutrients can cause irrevocable damage to a child’s health, and their future.
In summertime children don’t have the same access to the free and reduced meals available during the school year.
Last summer 10,910 of the 24,805 food orders distributed by Loaves & Fishers went to children.
“Everyone can make a difference this summer by contributing and connecting hungry kids to food resources,” says Lipsey.
How to help:
- Join local businesses, organizations, and faith groups to collect food and raise funds for hungry local kids.
- Let your clients and community members know about the program.
- Be a part of the Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes’ Shop-n-Drop Food Drive on July 16 at the Portage D&W Fresh Market.
If you’d like to start your own collection or participate in the Shop-n-Drop Food Drive, contact Kimberly Schoetzow, Communications Coordinator, at 269.488.2617 x218 or kimberly@kzoolf.org.
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