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FEATURED CHARITY OF THE MONTH
KITCHEN ON THE STREET
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unger is a growing crisis for 17 million children in the United States! One in four American children struggling with food insecurity resulting in academic developmental issues that present both immediate and longterm challenges. Children that suffer from food insecurity are more likely to struggle with obesity later in life. Malnourished children often experience limited development such as stunted growth, are underweight and have weakened immune systems. These issues not only affect the child experiencing food insecurity, but the entire community.
Kitchen on the Street (KOS AZ) began serving the community in 2007 when the Scarpinato family learned about the prevalence of food insecurity in local Arizona children. Hearing that thousands of children that received breakfast and lunch at school but were going hungry on weekends compelled Vince, Lisa and Taylor Scarpinato to found Kitchen on the Street as a means of bringing food and hope to children in need. In 2007 Kitchen on the Street was limited to one program to serve the hungry children of Phoenix, a food backpack program providing shelf stable meals and snacks to food insecure children. As a volunteer driven faith based non-profit organization, KOS relies on the community to meet the needs of the hungry and hurting. Thanks to the generosity of individuals, business owners and corporations in providing faithful volunteers and provisional funding, various programs are available throughout Arizona and in 2011 the Bags of Hope program began in San Antonio, Texas. We invite you to come alongside Kitchen on the Street as we serve the hungry and hurting of the
community. Many hungry kids report feeling “unwanted” and “unloved” as a result of hunger… the act of giving food transcends the physical and reaches into a child’s soul; it has lasting implications on who that child will grow up to be and how they will show love.
The “Kitchen on the Street” Food Truck allows KOS to TRAIN-SUSTAIN-MAINTAIN. TRAIN by using it as a mobile classroom to teach families about food and nutrition at our partner schools and to teach job skills to adults in need. SUSTAIN by taking it into neighborhoods and providing healthy foods to families in crises. MAINTAIN by generating revenue to fund Kitchen on the Street programs.
HOW CAN YOU HELP? KOS offers: Food Truck Catering Street Café & Coffee Lounge at 10435 N. Scottsdale Rd. Visit www.kitchenonthestreet.org All proceeds generated by the “Kitchen on the Street” are used to feed hungry children.
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