News/Updates

More than 100 student volunteers from St. Aloysius, Immaculate Conception, St. Margaret Mary, St. Patrick, and Sacred Heart Academy packaged 23,760 Nutri-Plenty® servings that will provide humanitarian aid to children and families fleeing war in Ukraine. The fortified meals are being donated to Operation Ukraine, a nonprofit organization with more than 20 years of experience working in Ukraine, and will likely be delivered to Poland to assist refugees. An additional 50,000 servings are being provided by Love the Hungry.

If your organization would like to sponsor a Love the Hungry packaging session, please send an email to info@lovethehungry.org or phone 502-459-9199.

Since 2013, the Bardstown Rotary Club and local high school students have commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by partnering with Love the Hungry to package fortified meals for children and families vulnerable to hunger. On January 17th, forty-eight volunteers produced 20,154 Nutri-Plenty® servings – resulting in a grand total of more than 215,000 total meals packaged through ten annual service events! Only four other regional organizations have produced more meals since Love the Hungry was launched in 2012.

A portion of the fortified meals packaged in 2022 were donated to the disaster response efforts in Bowling Green, KY to assist families impacted by the December tornado outbreak.

More than 500 volunteers participated in Love the Hungry packaging sessions during the month of September – producing 68,166 fortified meals! St. Peter’s Lutheran School (Columbus, IN) engaged students grades K-8 in a day-long service project that generated 30,000+ meals. The numbers were also boosted by teams from Middletown Christian Church, Louisville Bourbon Club, Sacred Heart Academy, and Calvary Christian Center.

In the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, local nonprofits SOS, WaterStep and Love the Hungry worked together to quickly deliver aid to those suffering from damage and loss. The shipment, which arrived just days after the earthquake occured, included medical supplies, water purification equipment, and 30,000 fortified Nutri-Plenty® meals. Our thanks to UPS for coordinating shipping logistics. Reach Out America, a disaster response NGO, is providing oversight for identifying needs and distributing supplies where they can have the greatest impact.

22 small-group teams. 484 volunteers of all ages. 133,950 Nutri-Plenty® servings! The Summer of 2021 has recharged the mission to provide life-changing nutrition to children and families vulnerable to hunger. Most importantly, Love the Hungry has met urgent needs for nutritious meals by providing Nutri-Plenty® servings to partnering organizations in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Liberia, and the U.S./Puerto Rico. THANK YOU to all those who served.

More than 150 volunteers from across the U.S. helped kick off the 39th Biennial LWML Convention on Thursday, June 24 with a day of service. Working in small-group teams at the Lexington Convention Center, volunteers produced 32,742 fortified Nutri-Plenty® servings that were donated to Orphan Grain Train – Indiana. The meals will provide nourishment to children and families most vulnerable to hunger in rural eastern Kentucky and Haiti.

On June 2nd, volunteers at Cummins Sales and Service helped Love the Hungry surpass 7,000,000 total meals packaged! Need help putting this into perspective? 7,000,000 meals would feed a capacity crowd at Cardinal Stadium 127 times! Most importantly, in the 27 countries (including the U.S.) where meals have been delivered, children and families have received the nourishment needed for a healthier tomorrow. 40,000+ volunteers of all ages have played a role in multiplying the meals. THANK YOU!

Working in teams of eleven, volunteers of all ages are multiplying the meals each week at the Love the Hungry Packaging Center. With strict attention to CDC guidelines and a newly-configured packaging process, small groups are assured of a safe, socially-distanced environment that can produce thousands of Nutri-Plenty® servings in less than 90 minutes. In January, small groups packaged 20,232 fortified meals.

In February, packaging teams are scheduled every Saturday beginning at 10 AM. Additional opportunities are available for weekday teams. To learn more, contact Love the Hungry at 502-459-9199 or info@lovethehungry.org.

By now, you’ve heard words describing 2020 over and over again. Challenging. Unprecedented. A new normal. Global pandemic.

As our team reflects on 2020, we choose to emphasize the word “thankful.” Thankful for the transition to small-group events that enabled 1,341 volunteers of all ages to safely participate in packaging sessions. Thankful for the 316,488 Nutri-Plenty servings created throughout the year despite a limited event schedule. Thankful for the 607,834 nutritious meals that were delivered to children and families in eight countries, including 100,000 meals to agencies throughout Kentuckiana and the United States. Thankful for the individual donors and community organizations that entrust us with their dollars to multiply the meals.

As the new year begins, we’re committed to evaluating the changing circumstances that surround us and to making the adjustments that will enable an even greater level of participation in the mission to deliver nourishment and hope to those vulnerable to hunger. We can’t delay. Please join us.

In order for Love the Hungry’s mission to be complete, our fortified meals must reach children and families vulnerable to hunger. In our largest monthly distribution of 2020, more than 200,000 Nutri-Plenty® servings were distributed to the following partners:

— Nile Orphan Care (South Sudan) 145,000

— Children’s Lifeline (Haiti) 43,000

— Thankful Hearts Food Pantry (Pikeville, KY) 13,000

— Orphan Grain Train (San Benito, TX Outreach) 7,500