FEEDING KIDS RIGHT
Addressing Hunger, one meal and one kid at a time
Feeding Kids Right is spotlighted in local newspaper!
Check out this June 16, 2022 story on how Feeding Kids Right is impacting kids in Athens!
Check out this June 16, 2022 story on how Feeding Kids Right is impacting kids in Athens!
The 2020 feeding program started on June 6, 2022. Please click our "donate" tab to ensure that the children from Athens receive a hot lunch during the summer months.
Donation Impact
June 2021: 2,950 kids fed
July 2021: 2,200 kids fed
Christmas 2021: 300+ children and families received gifts, hygiene baskets, gift cards and a meal.
July 2021: 2,200 kids fed
Christmas 2021: 300+ children and families received gifts, hygiene baskets, gift cards and a meal.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
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What started as a desire to feed a few children, has now grown to feeding over 6,000 children one hot meal per day throughout the summer. Since 2011 Miss Willa Johnson a/k/a “The Food Lady” has used the donations and sometimes her own resources to feed children. When public schools closed in 2020 due to COVID-19 the need for meals became even greater. It is estimated that in 2020 Feeding Kids Right provided more than 100,000 meals to children in need. Ms. Johnson is proof positive that all you need is a desire and a great big heart to transform a community, oh and a little “sugar, butter and love”.
Willa Johnson |
Athens, Texas
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Athens, Texas is one of the 21 small cities and towns within Henderson County, Texas. According to the 2019 census, the percentage of the population under the age of 18 living in poverty in Athens is 27.3% (2019 Census). The overall teen birth rate in Henderson County is 40.87% (Teen Birth Data, 2017). Teenagers under the age of 20 in Athens represent 10% of that population.
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There is more work done to be done in other small cities and towns, we cannot do it alone. Learn how you can be a part of partnering with us through volunteering or financially supporting the feeding program.
Feeding Kids Right Response to COVID-19
Obviously the pandemic created an even greater need to feed children as the organization has witnessed since its inception. In March of 2020 when the schools closed to COVID-19, Miss Will knew that Feeding Kids would have to step up and provide more meals. She did not even flinch, but spurned into action. She closed her catering business and went to work! Through the donations of businesses and individuals, Feeding Kids Right was able to provide approximately 100,000 hot meals, between March and December of 2020.
VOLUNTEER
The summer feeding program for 2022 has started. We are looking for teams to volunteer during the summer from Monday - Thursday starting June 7, 2022. We welcome any group who has a heart for people to come and help in the following ways: Meal Prep, Drivers, Servers, and Crowd Control.
CHURCH, CIVIC, AND OTHER NON PROFITS – this would make a great summer project. Bring your group, help prep and serve meals, do some outreach, plan VBS in a neighborhood, bless families and kids.
CHURCH, CIVIC, AND OTHER NON PROFITS – this would make a great summer project. Bring your group, help prep and serve meals, do some outreach, plan VBS in a neighborhood, bless families and kids.
To be a summer volunteer, please click the box below
DONATIONS
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Feeding Kids Right, Inc is committed to fighting hunger one day at a time. In the rural areas of Henderson County, Texas children often do not get fed a good hot meal during the summer when school is closed. Since 2011, Feeding Kids has been taking hot, homemade meals to the homes of these children where they will be safe and can eat and enjoy their meals. If we see a kid walking on the streets we would pull over and ask them if they are hungry and 9 times out 10 they would say yes. Anytime parents reach out to us for food for their children, we want to be able to meet that need.
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All funds donated to Feeding Kings Right Inc, are used to buy the food, supplies and other necessities which are necessary to run the feeding program. Last year we had hoped to start new programs out of the feeding program for mentoring, cooking classes and reading clubs. However due to health challenges Miss Willa was not able to do that. We will have news of new programs for 2022-23 school year in the near future. .
Feeding Kids Right, Inc. is a strong tower for rural communities in Athens, Texas. When you support Feeding Kids Right, Inc. you partner with us to make a difference in the lives of our kids. It takes approximately $600 per day for our feeding program to continue through the summer months. In 2020 we provided over 50,000 meals due to the closing of schools due to COVID-19. This would not have been possible without the very generous hearts of people just like you.
Feeding Kids Right is a 501c3 Non-profit in the State of Texas. We are totally dependent on donations to continue the feeding program. To donate, please click this link. You may also mail a check payable to Feeding Kids Right, Inc., P.O. Box 25183, Fort Worth, Texas 76124.
Additional giving links:
VENMO - FeedingKids-RightInc
CASH APP - $feedingkids1127
Feeding Kids Right, Inc. is a strong tower for rural communities in Athens, Texas. When you support Feeding Kids Right, Inc. you partner with us to make a difference in the lives of our kids. It takes approximately $600 per day for our feeding program to continue through the summer months. In 2020 we provided over 50,000 meals due to the closing of schools due to COVID-19. This would not have been possible without the very generous hearts of people just like you.
Feeding Kids Right is a 501c3 Non-profit in the State of Texas. We are totally dependent on donations to continue the feeding program. To donate, please click this link. You may also mail a check payable to Feeding Kids Right, Inc., P.O. Box 25183, Fort Worth, Texas 76124.
Additional giving links:
VENMO - FeedingKids-RightInc
CASH APP - $feedingkids1127