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Outreach is headed back to Tanzania again this fall. Dates are set – Leaving America on October 16 with return on October 30.  As usual we will be working on including a Safari at the end of the trip for those who wish to extend their stay. We would love to have you join us. …

Since 2011, each year members of the Southern Legislative Conference and local communities package Outreach, Inc., meals for the hungry.  This initiative was started Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, and chair of the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) of The Council of State Governments at the time. The SLC has spearheaded a food-packaging event at…

  On August, 5th, Floyd and Kathy Hammer were requested to meet in Washington, DC with Her Excellency Mama Salma Kikwete; Mama Kikwete is First Lady of Tanzania. The First lady is a supporter of the Outreach Children’s Center programs and has encouraged additional centers to be established.  She was very interested in the opening…

Dr. Ellen Dierenfeld, Lead Scientist for Outreach International Tanzania and Dr. Gene Stevens of the University of Missouri recently began scientific research on Outreach’s 8,000 acre Shallom Farm in Tanzania. Founders of Outreach, Inc., Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton- under theirNGO Outreach International Tanzania- partnered with Dr. P.V. Kone,Tanzanian Regional Commissioner, to acquire the 8,000…

For the first time in the 103-year-old history of the Rotary Club of Des Moines, eight area Rotary Clubs gathered to package 72,576 Outreach *Mac & Cheese Meals that were delivered to food banks and pantries in Central Iowa. Rotary Club of Des Moines President for 2013-14, Dick Reasons, said, “It’s really a great day!…

Outreach, Inc. gets highest-possible rating from one of the nation’s premier charity evaluators. For the 3rd consecutive year, Outreach, Inc. has received Charity Navigator’s four-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. The rating indicates that Outreach “adheres to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical…

Outreach is looking for 9 individuals to make Iowa the 1st Hunger Free State! Do you have a passion to feed the hungry, help an international nonprofit start the Hunger Free Iowa Initiative, and develop your professional skills and contacts? Then join the award-winning Outreach, Inc., and accomplish your objectives to grow yourself and make…

Being selected for the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame is the most prestigious state-level honor volunteers can receive.  The people selected have forever changed their community, the state, the nation or the world with their volunteer service and action. Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton were among the few bestowed with this honor in a recognition…

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] President Kitwete’s wife, after visiting the Singida Children’s Center, asked for many more centers to be built.  Regional Commissioner Kone suggested that the village of Manyoni, Tanzania should be the site for our second Outreach Children’s Center.  During our recent Medical Mission trip, we had our Manyoni…

President Barack Obama and former President H.W. (George) Bush invited Outreach Program founders, Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton to the White House on July 15, 2013 to present them with the 5,000th Points of Light Award. Outreach co-founder Floyd Hammer said, “It is a tremendous honor to be recognized in the White House. But we…