Humanitarian Service Project receives positive feedback on Feed the Kids summer program

As Labor Day approaches and summer draws to an end, here at HSP we have had the opportunity to hear back from some of the families that we served through our Feed the Kids summer program.

Throughout the summer HSP was able to reach out to 100 families, serving 492 children through our Feed the Kids program. HSP Founder/Executive Director created this program in 2004 to help ease hunger during the summer months when free and reduced rate school lunches are not provided.

One mother of six shared with us her family’s circumstances that left she and her husband eating less just so their children could have enough. “My husband had undergone heart surgery and was unable to work. Our income was barely enough to pay the rent and utilities. We often had to use our bill money to buy food, so we ate less so that there would be more for our kids to eat.”

When asked how Feed the Kids has been beneficial to her family the mother described the food the program provided as a blessing. “At this current time we are still awaiting processing of our food stamp application and have been out of food. The Feed the Kids program has really been a blessing throughout the numerous times we have endured set backs with our food stamps.”

All of us here at HSP would like to thank our kind and generous volunteers and donors for making it possible for us to provide for this very deserving family among the hundreds more that we serve.