Feed The Children is responding to the plight of Americans distressed by
layoffs occurring all across the nation by dispatching semi
tractor-trailers full of food and personal care items into cities and
towns hardest hit by the economic downturn. The Americans Feeding
Americans Emergency Caravan organized by Feed The Children is focusing
on smaller U.S. cities that have been devastated by job layoffs.
Last week, Feed The Children fed 5,000 families affected by the recent
closing of the DHL Express location in Wilmington, Ohio. On March 10,
the organization will send 13 semi tractor-trailers into Elkhart,
Indiana, feeding 5,200 families. Elkhart County has the highest
unemployment rate in Indiana.
More distributions will occur in cities and towns nationwide. Feed The
Children is currently evaluating the hardest hit areas to help as many
families in need as possible.
“There are so many Americans who have been impacted by the current
economic crisis,” said Larry Jones, founder and president of Feed The
Children. “Feed The Children has been helping children and families for
30 years, and we hope with these deliveries, families will walk away
with renewed hope knowing that someone is there to help them during this
challenging time. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families
weathering this storm.”
About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is
consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in
the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is
a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with
headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine,
clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who
lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters.
In FY 2007, Feed The Children distributed more than 135 million pounds
of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50
states and internationally, supplementing almost 800,000 meals each day.
For more information, please visit:
www.feedthechildren.org
www.givingisgood.org
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