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For the 9th year in a row, Waldorf College in Forest City, IA packaged Outreach meals to feed the hungry on Wednesday, March 4. This year’s event drew 447 volunteer meal packagers from the college and the community.  Their event was appropriately titled Stop Hunger. Start Hope. Participants at this year’s event packaged a total…

Kansas college and university students gathered in Wichita, Kansas on March 1stfor the 5th Annual Kansas Hunger Dialogue (KHD) and packaged 10,000 Mac & Cheese meals for local distribution.  This event, sponsored by Volunteer Kansas, was coordinated by Outreach’s Regional Manager in Kansas, Isaac McNary. The KHD brings together students, faculty, and administrators from across…

The FFA of Belle Plaine High School in Iowa, hosted a 20,000 meal packaging event at their school in celebration of National FFA Week. On February 27, over 225 students, faculty, and administrators donned hairnets and aprons then lined up around packaging lines to package meals to be distributed by the local food bank for…

Over 400 volunteers recently gathered at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park, Minnesota to package another 100,000 Rice and Soy meals for distribution through Westwood’s sister church in Tanzania.   They have been hosting an annual packaging for 10 years and this event crested the 1.2 million meals. “These meals go to the Arusha…

Iowa-based nonprofit Outreach, Inc. welcomes famed Iowa surgeon to lead international missions. DES MOINES, IA – Dr. Deborah Ann Turner of Des Moines joined Outreach, Inc. as VP of International Programs.  Dr. Turner will provide leadership for international programs including Medical Missions, Outreach Children’s Centers, the 8,000 acre Shallom Farm, and the Kid’s Care Child…

Outreach has an easy way for you as an individual, a family, a civic group, a small business, or a faith-based organization to host a small meal packaging event. The Mini-Pack is a great school project for service learning, a reward for a leadership team in a company, or a nonprofit wanting to do a…

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford, hosted the first ever Gubernatorial Inaugural Packaging Event at Columbia, Maryland.  The event was held Sunday afternoon at Howard County Community College. 100,000 Outreach Mac & Cheese meals were provided to the Maryland Food Bank.  Hundreds of volunteers braved the threat of the…

Would you like to make your community hunger-free?  Outreach can help you! In the summer of 2014, Outreach Co-Founder Kathy Hamilton envisioned theHunger-Free Iowa Initiative (can be used in all states).  Outreach excels in bringing communities together at meal packaging events. The idea is to expand the impact of the events and make a communication…

It’s the time of year when people start fresh with New Year’s resolutions and plans to make their life better.  We’d like to suggest a New Year’s resolution that we can help you keep that makes the life of someone else better!  Feed More Hungry People! Helping people feed hungry people is what we do…

If you want to run fast, run alone.  If you want to run far, run with others. – African Proverb You, as a donor, want to know that your gift makes a difference. You’ve scanned the horizon of nonprofits to choose carefully one which will treat your gift with integrity and use it to maximize…