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Making a difference through working
with “Kids Coalition Against Hunger”...

The 2018 Greater Plymouth Service Project will host its
3rd Annual Grand Food Packaging Event to benefit the
“Kids Coalition Against Hunger” on Saturday, May 12,
2018 from 8am to 3pm. The event will take place at the
Plymouth Arts and Recreation Complex (PARC). Again
this year, the Coalition hopes to package 500,000 meals
for hungry and needy children.
“Our mission is to significantly reduce the number of
hungry children in the USA and feed starving children
throughout the world,” says Nick Schultz, Chairperson of
the event. “We accomplish this by delivering a highly
nutritious meal that was developed by food scientists to
provide a rich source of easily digestible protein, carbo-
hydrates, and vitamins needed by an undernourished
child's body and mind.”
One-third of the 500,000 meals will go to local com- (Rotary, Kiwanis & Lions), the Plymouth Chamber of
munities where they are distributed to various food Commerce, the Community Foundation of Plymouth,
pantries (i.e. food banks, soup kitchens and backpack PARC, and numerous churches, businesses and private
programs at the schools). Another third will go to over 18 citizens and family foundations.
different countries supported by the Kids Coalition According to Chairman Schultz, “Raising the funds is
Against Hunger. The final third is be stored in the KCAH only one part of our work. Our other important task is to
Michigan warehouse for disaster relief support. bring together a community of workers to do the actual
To date, the Coalition has raised 2/3 of the $70,000 packaging.”
needed to purchase the ingredients for 500,000 kid's
meals. Contributions have come from local service clubs See KIDS, page 4

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