News/Updates

Cruise on out to Waddy, KY on Saturday, June 7th from 11 AM – 3 PM for the 7th annual Double D Farm Cruise-In benefiting Love the Hungry! The event includes dozens of classic cars and trucks, music from the Black Dog String Band, live and silent auctions, and delicious food from the La Cabanita Mexican Grill food truck. Enter the Bourbon Raffle for a chance to win one of three prizes: 1) Six-bottle complete set of Weller 2) Six-bottle collection of limited edition Blanton’s single barrel varieties 3) Complete set of 8 Blanton’s Single Barrel bottles featuring each of the eight toppers. Drawing takes place at 2 PM. Charitable Exemption EXE0002776. Phone 502-533-8045.

For more details, including online raffle tickets, click here: https://lovethehungry.harnessgiving.org/events/2886

1st Qtr Highlights Include 250,000+ Meals Provided for Global Outreach

Just 90 days into the new year, Love the Hungry is celebrating several points of impact in our mission to deliver nutritious meals to children and families worldwide.

— 550 volunteers of all ages participated in January, February, and March packaging sessions.

— More than 250,000 meals were provided to the following distribution points:

Operation Ukraine/World of Connections, Orphan Grain Train-Indiana/Swedish Help Centre in Ukraine, SOS International/Selfless Community in Cuba, Nile Orphan Care – Juba, South Sudan, Neighborhood House-Louisville, Bread of Life/Ormsby Heights Baptist Church, Feeding America-Nelson County, Harrison County Community Services, Breaking Bread Food Pantry

Volunteers from Nile Orphan Care (NOC) and Partners in Compassionate Care loaded a shipping container with humanitarian aid that included 142,000 fortified Nutri-Plenty® meals. The shipment also includes farm machinery and building materials that will be utilized on the NOC campus in Juba, South Sudan. More than 600 orphaned children are provided nutritious meals, education, and leadership skills at a time when violence and political unrest continue to disrupt the African nation. With generous support from local nonprofits SOS and WaterStep, medications, PPE, and bleach makers were also included in the shipment to help fight against a recent cholera outbreak.

Love the Hungry also donated 28,000 Nutri-Plenty® servings to local nonprofit SOS to assist with a shipment of medical aid to Cuba.

In 2024, more than 3,300 volunteers participated in 81 packaging sessions throughout the year. With the help of numerous partnerships, Love the Hungry provided 840,000 fortified Nutri-Plenty meals to Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Ukraine, and the United States to assist children and families most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition.

More than 30,000 meals were delivered to Eastern Tennessee/ North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

More than 400 St. Peter’s Lutheran School (Columbus, IN) students grades K – 8 worked throughout the school day on September 11th to package 31,104 fortified Nutri-Plenty servings. The annual event engages students, teachers, and staff in a meaningful day of service that promotes compassion toward children vulnerable to hunger and teamwork among classmates. 132 cartons of Nutri-Plenty meals were donated to Orphan Grain Train (Jonesville, IN) for distribution to families in rural eastern Kentucky and the southern Texas border. An additional 2,500 meals will be included in a shipment of aid to a mission outreach in Guatemala.

Love the Hungry is once again participating in “Give for Good Louisville” – an online giving event that has substantial impact in our community. A donation of any amount on September 12th provides a chance to unlock additional cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 – including the hourly $1,000 Golden Ticket incentive! Click here to help multiply the meals: https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/love-the-hungry-inc

The Louisville Marathon has designated Love the Hungry as the official charity partner for the 2024 Full Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10K event to take place Sunday, Nov 3 at the Parklands. Love the Hungry will provide volunteer support and an information booth throughout the day. Runners can register at kentuckyruns.com. Use the promo code LTH10 and receive 10% off registration.

More than 250 volunteers of all ages kicked off the 2024 “Summer of Serving” by packaging 55,000 fortified meals during the month of June! Groups from UPS, First Christian Church (Lawrenceburg, KY), YouthWorks, Amazon, OBAP Aviation Camp, FedEx, and Middletown Christian Church helped multiply the meals at the LTH Packaging Center.

Join us for the 6th Annual Double D Farm Cruise-In benefiting Love the Hungry! The event includes dozens of classic cars and trucks, a food truck, music from the Black Dog String Band, live and silent auctions, and more! $25 raffle tickets enter your name in the drawing to win a custom built 1/2 barrel bourbon cabinet with the complete six-bottle lineup of Weller bourbons. Drawing takes place at 3 PM. (charitable exemption EXE0002776)

Don’t miss this fun, family-friendly event! Saturday, June 8th, 10 AM – 4 PM. 4900 Waddy Rd – Waddy, KY. All proceeds benefit Love the Hungry. For more details, phone 502-533-8045.

On March 2nd, members of the Bardstown Rotary Club and student volunteers from Interact Clubs and local schools helped Love the Hungry celebrate 9,000,000 total meals packaged. In addition to this annual service event, volunteers from St. John Lutheran Church and School (Lanesville, IN), UPS, and the Rotary Club of Franklin, KY helped produce 65,000 fortified meals during the month of March.

Love the Hungry, Partners in Compassionate Care, and Pack Away Hunger teamed up to fill a shipping container with 240,000+ Nutri-Plenty® servings to support the children’s feeding program at Nile Orphan Care in Juba, South Sudan. The meals will help NOC feed more than 600 orphaned children each day.