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Outreach Program and AARP Pack over 1.2 Million Meals on 9/11!
Categories: News“This is the first time I’ve ever volunteered to do anything. I didn’t know it could be so much fun to help the hungry.” – Meal-Packaging Volunteer Roberto Tjeda More than 5,000 AARP volunteers and employee’s packaged over 1.2 million Outreach Program Rice and Bean Casserole meals in Washington, DC on Friday, September 11…
Summer 2015 Outreach Founder’s Update
Categories: NewsHi everyone! I realized I had been writing about what Floyd and I have been doing on my thank you cards and not to everyone, so sorry I didn’t mean to leave you out! Floyd and I left on May 24 on our way to Lusaka, Zambia for the AGCO open house. On the 26th…
8 Des Moines Metro Rotary Clubs Package Meals for Local Hunger
Categories: NewsOver 250 Rotarians from eight Des Moines Rotary Clubs met to package 50,000 Mac & Cheese Outreach meals for Des Moines area food banks and food pantries. They met on July 15 at the Outreach, Inc. warehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Janet Phipps, President of the Rotary Club of Des Moines said, “The Rotary Club of Des…
How A Meal Packaging Event Helps Your Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility
Categories: NewsDoes your company need a new way to create team work and unity with your employees? The unique quality of an Outreach meal packaging event is that it provides your company the ability to gather employees in a unifying, team-building, hands-on practical activity that is fun and helps feed the hungry in their community. Shannon…
600,000 MEALS TO NEPAL: OUTREACH, INC UNITES WITH INTERNATIONAL KIWANIS, ROTARY, AND LIONS CLUBS
Categories: NewsOutreach, Inc. will ship nearly 600,000 meals to aid the victims of the Nepal earthquake that killed over 8,000 people on April 25, 2015 and left millions of survivors in need of aid. The containers will load at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, May 20 and Thursday, May 21from the Outreach, Inc. warehouse at 7401 S…
Outreach, Inc. is looking for 3 AmeriCorps VISTA Members!
Categories: NewsDo you have a passion to feed the hungry, work with a nationally recognized non-profit, and develop your professional skills and contacts? Join award-winning Outreach, Inc., and accomplish your dreams to grow professionally and make the world a better place! Outreach’s mission is to provide safe water, food, medical care and education to children and…
Outreach Honors Volunteer Nurses During National Nurses Week
Categories: NewsFundraising 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!
Categories: NewsMore 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
Categories: NewsSacred 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
Categories: NewsOutreach, 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…