Organizations Fighting Hunger

Description:

Jasper County Take Away Hunger is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that helps volunteers package highly nutritious meals that are distributed to hungry people in the United States and around the world. These meals are distributed to local food banks and school backpack programs in Iowa and to disaster sites throughout the US when needed, most recently to hurricane devastated areas in Texas and Florida.  Meals are also shipped to established orphanages and schools in Haiti, the Philippines, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Albania, Romania, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Sudan, in partnership with organizations on the ground in those countries, such as Convoy of Hope, Bread of Life and Here I Am Orphan Ministries. Since the Jasper County organization began in 2009 over 500,000 meals have been packaged.  Each meal costs approximately 25 cents for food, packaging, materials and shipping. 

How to Help:

Recruit a Team - We hold 3 large events a year (spring, summer and fall) that are open to anyone.  Packagers are expected to donate $30 per person or $360 for a full team of 12 to help cover the cost of the food packaged.

Have Your Own Event - We are happy to accommodate small group events for a church, a birthday party, a youth group, a community organization, etc.  Contact us to work out the details; we can bring our equipment and supplies to you.

Donate - We pay a part of the cost for every box of food packaged at our events to help lower the cost of participation.  Our group is run by a board of volunteers, so all the funds we receive go to support packaging events. Donations can be sent to Jasper County Take Away Hunger, c/o Treasurer, 1409 S 8th Ave E, Newton, IA 50208. 

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