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  • Outreach Honors Volunteer Nurses During National Nurses Week

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    Fundraising effort will support healthcare providers serving the poorest of the poor For a decade, teams of medical volunteers organized by Outreach, Inc., an Iowa non-profit, have provided critically needed healthcare in East Africa, with a focus on women and children. With volunteers and the organization covering all mission costs – from travel to pre-natal…

  • United Way of Erie County’s 1st Centennial Meal Pack-a-Thon a Great Success!

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    More than 340 volunteers from Erie County, PA, arrived at the Zem Zem Shrine Club in Erie on April 22 and packaged 100,000 meals for the hungry!Outreach Event Coordinator Bryan Coffey said, “The surrounding communities in the Erie, PA area are going to benefit greatly from this project. This afternoon they packaged 100,000 meals as…

  • Des Moines Diocese Parishes Package Food for Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope

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    Sacred Heart Church of Oelwein Joins the Story as Des Moines Diocese Parishes Package Food for Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope in Moshi, Tanzania! This story began when Monsignor Frank Bognanno traveled 8,400 miles from Des Moines, Iowa, to climb 19,341 feet up Mount Kilimanjaro. Msgr Bognanno, a cancer survivor, traveled with Dr. Dan Deming’s Above…

  • Turner Honored with Gertrude E. Rush Award

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    Outreach, Inc. VP Dr. Deborah Ann Turner Honored with Gertrude E. Rush Award Dr.Turner awarded the honor at the National Bar Association Gala in St. Louis, Missouri DES MOINES, IA – Dr. Deborah Ann Turner of Des Moines, VP of International Programs for Outreach, Inc. was awarded the Gertrude E. Rush Award by the National Bar…

  • Corpus Christi Parish Pack Meals for Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope

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    [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”] Over 150 volunteers from the community gathered at the Queen of Apostles Social Hall to package 30,0000 Outreach, Inc. meals destined for Moshi, Tanzania.  Churches in the parish included Queen of Apostles, Holy Family and Our Lady of Carter Lake.  These meals will be included with Outreach…

  • Waupun, WI FFA Hosts First Packaging Event

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    The Waupun FFA Chapter of Waupun, WI hosted their first Outreach, Inc. meal packaging event on Friday, March 20, and named it, “Waupun FFA – Feeding Our Neighbors!” They hosted this meal packaging event as part of their National FFA Ag Week programs. Approximately 150 faculty, students and staff packaged 20,000 Mac & Cheese meals…

  • Feed Palm Beach Co. Day Host 2nd Annual Event!

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    The Rotary Club of West Palm Beach, Racing to the Rescue, The Palm Beach County Food Bank and over 400 community volunteers gathered at Gaines Park on Saturday, March 28, 2015 to package 100,000 Outreach, Inc. Rice and Bean meals to feed the needy. “With one in six children in Palm Beach County at risk…

  • Meals Packaged for Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope

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    For the 5th year in a row, volunteers from St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Marshalltown, Iowa gathered to package 12,000 Outreach Rice and Bean meals. Those meals are part of a larger shipment of meals that are being packaged throughout the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines to support their work in the Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope and…

  • United Way Event Packages 70k Meals

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    The United Way of Williams County in Bryan, Ohio, held their 2nd Annual Feeding Williams County meal packaging event with Outreach. Over 250 volunteers arrived at the Bryan Middle School to package 42,000 Mac & Cheese meals and 28,000 Rice and Bean meals.  The food will be distributed by United Way to various agencies to…

  • Holy Rosary Church in Glenwood, IA Packages Meals for Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope and Outreach in Tanzania

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    Over 120 volunteers gathered at Holy Rosary Church in Glenwood, Iowa, on February 25, 2015, to package 30,000 Outreach Rice and Bean meals. Those meals are part of a larger shipment of meals that are being packaged throughout the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines to support their work in the Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope and…