Turn Hunger into Hope with Your Own Two Hands
Turn Hunger into Hope with Your Own Two Hands Overview & Annual Report | 2011–2012 Contents Greeting .......................................................................................1 2011–2012 by the Numbers...........................................1 Overview ............................................................................ 2–7 Who is Feed My Starving Children?...........................2 Our Mission and Vision.....................................................3 Partners and Nations Served .................................. 4–5 Our Formulas ..........................................................................6 Return on Investment........................................................7 2011–2012 Report ......................................................... 8–13 The Second-Mile Journey: 2011–2012 in Review.... 8–9 Financial Statement ........................................................ 10 Efficiency, Meal Use, and Growth ........................... 11 FMSC Leadership ...................................................... 12–13 Impact ............................................................................. 14–21 Our Role in Sustainable Development ........ 14–15 Food at Work: Impact Reports ........................... 16–19 Impact Here at Home .............................................20–21 Get Involved ....................................................... Back Cover Seven Years Of Four Stars “ Only 2% of charities we rate have received at least seven consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Feed My Starving Children outperforms most other charities in America. This “exceptional” designation from Charity Navigator differentiates Feed My Starving Children from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust.” Ken Berger President and Chief Executive Officer Charity Navigator un photo stuart price “If we give God what we have, He will give us everything we need to accomplish all He has called us to do.” by Mike Haman from The Second Mile Reflecting on a Second-Mile Year “Whoever shall force you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks of you and do not turn away from him...” —Matthew 5:41 The year 2011–2012 was a “second-mile” year for Feed My Starving Children. In 2010, we had stretched to serve the massive needs of Haiti following its earthquake. Now we planned a season of recovery —a one-mile year. 2011–2012 By the Numbers 133,200,000 But God must know we’re at our best in the second mile. Barely into the year, we faced the largest famine in 60 years in East Africa. Our faith and mission were tested. But the challenges became opportunities to innovate; and we received greater public support than ever before. Meals produced, a record—and 7% over the previous year By pulling together and expanding our reach, we were able to respond to unprecedented needs while still restoring operating reserves to a responsible level. Plus, we improved our processes and achieved new levels of efficiency! FMSC is positioned better than at any time in our 25-year history to help meet growing food needs around the world. 565,000 As pastor and author Mike Haman says in The Second Mile—a book we gave to everyone attending our Partner Conference—“If we give God what we have, He will give us everything we need to accomplish all He has called us to do.” This is clearly God’s organization. Looking back each year, we’ve been humbled to count the miracles He’s performed for children around the world, hungry in body and spirit. Miracles He’s performed through you—our committed staff, leaders, and donors. We’ve learned that our part is simple: Just be willing to run that second mile. Mark Crea,Tad Weiss CEO/Executive Director Board Chair 365,000 Children fed daily (presuming one meal per child each day*) Volunteers at 6 sites and 172 MobilePack events in 34 states $30,000,000 Revenue raised, a 23% increase from FY 2010–2011 92% Total donations spent on feeding programs (75% is considered “most efficient”**) 99.97% Ratio of meals safely reaching intended locations 4 stars 7th consecutive top rating from Charity Navigator 66% Year-over-year growth since 2003 (rededication to Christ) * Our distribution partners determine their own feeding schedules and servings. * “The most efficient charities spend 75% or more of their budget on their programs and services and less than 25% on fundraising and administrative fees.” C harity Navigator, Top 10 Best Practices for Donors 1 OVERVIEW Who is Feed My Starving Children? A Christian non-profit founded in 1987, Feed My Starving Children equips people to turn hunger into hope with their own two hands. We invite volunteers to pack MannaPackTM meals, scientifically developed to reverse and prevent malnutrition. Then we donate the food to selected missions and humanitarian agencies worldwide, who use it to operate orphanages, schools, health care facilities, community feeding programs, and other interventions in poverty. Rescued from hunger and its risks—including stunted development, ill health, slavery, and even an early death—children can develop healthy bodies. They can go to school, earn a living, and bring prosperity to their families, communities, and nations. Hunger becomes hope. And it starts with food. Among hunger charities, FMSC is unique in four ways: 1. Christian Mission 2. Scientific Meal Formulas 3. Production by Volunteers 4. N etwork of Embedded Distribution Partners We are a faith-based charity, working in Jesus’ name. But we welcome all people to pack and receive our food without regard to faith. We partner regularly with churches as well as civic groups, businesses, and public schools. How We Work Donor-volunteers hand-pack three nutritious formulas. 2 We pray over all pallets before they leave our warehouses. Our Mission and Vision Since our founding by a Christian businessman in 1987, FMSC has produced 600 million meals and shipped them to 70 countries around the world. Last year alone, we donated 133.2 million meals—enough to feed 365,000 children every day for a year across the nations listed on page 5. The other half of our mission is to call out compassion in our own culture. Through six meal-packing sites (soon seven) in Illinois, Minnesota, and Arizona, as well as a nationwide MobilePack program, FMSC impacted the lives and values of 565,000 volunteers last year— more than 40% of them youth under age 18. Using volunteer labor also gives us extraordinary efficiency. Last year we devoted 92% of total donations to feeding programs, a factor in maintaining the highest 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for seven years straight. Feed My Starving Children has grown an average of 66% year-over-year since 2003, when our board rededicated this ministry to Christ. By God’s grace, though, we’ve only begun. Our goal is to double production to 235 million meals by 2014–2015, and involve more than a million volunteers a year. Working together, we really can turn hunger into hope with our own two hands. Our mission } Feeding God’s starving children, hungry in body and spirit. Schools Orphanages Feeding Centers in Churches & Communities Health Clinics We give the meals to selected missions and non-governmental organizations, who pay for shipping. They distribute the food to smaller, in-country partners working in their own cultures to help children and develop communities. 3 OVERVIEW Partners and Nations Served In 2011–2012, Feed My Starving Children sent meals to mission and humanitarian partners working in nearly 50 countries around the world. These organizations, in turn, distributed the food to even smaller ministries. (Some are not listed at their request due to security concerns.) Action International ACTS Ministry Africa Uplifted Airline Ambassadors International Allowing Christ To Shine Arkansas Rice Depot Bright Hope International Casa Del Rey Child Initiative International Children's Cup Children's Hunger Fund Church of Bible Understanding Convoy of Hope Coprodeli USA Cornerstone Christian Academy Counterpart International Cross International Fabretto Children's Foundation Family Outreach Ministries International Fire Peru Food for the Poor For Haiti With Love Free the Kids Friends of Haiti Organization Global Aid Network Global Nutrition Alliance Global Orphan Outreach Haiti Child Sponsorship Haitian Orthodox Mission Haiti's Children Health & Humanitarian Aid Foundation Heart for Africa Heart of the Bride Help for Haiti Helping Honduras Kids Hope 4 Kids International Hope for the City International Care Ministries International Children's Fund International Missions Outreach Joy Christian Fellowship Joyce Meyer Ministries 4 Korean Care Friendship Network Living Hope Haiti Christian Mission Living Water Ministries Lord of Life Lutheran Love A Child Mayan Families Medical Missionaries Misc Giveaway Mission Haiti Mission of Hope Missionary Flights International Missions Made Possible New Directions International New Vision Community Church Northeast Asia Foundation for Education & Culture Northwest Haiti Christian Mission O'Brien School for the Maasai OC Ministries Operation Blessing Outreach Asia Palawan Orphanage Project Philos Health Pilgrim Africa Qoryoley Development Community Reach Now International Risen Savior Missions Salesian Missions Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation Samaritans International of Waxhaw Seedline International St. Matthew's Lutheran Church St. Stephen's Charitable Fund Starfish Ministries The Least of These Ministries TOP Ministry Venture Expeditions World Harvest Christian Ministries Inc World In Need World Missions Outreach Youth With A Vision Shipping Year: March 1, 2011 – Feb 29, 2012 This dot size = 1,000,000 Meals (by diameter) S. + C. America N. America Europe Asia Africa Top 10 Countries: 100,427,352 Meals* Haiti 45,523,296 Meals Nicaragua 15,250,416 Meals Philippines 10,632,312 Meals Kenya 6,800,544 Meals El Salvador 5,259,168 Meals Honduras 4,559,544 Meals Somalia 3,530,736 Meals Liberia 2,988,576 Meals Guatemala 2,944,080 Meals North Korea 2,935,440 Meals Other Countries Combined: 26,224,944 Meals* 3,346,488 Meals 406,296 Meals 4,589,136 Meals 2,744,712 Meals 15,138,312 Meals Afghanistan Japan Tajikistan Cambodia Sri Lanka Thailand Armenia Georgia Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico Colombia Peru Venezuela Dominica Burkina Faso Ethiopia Ghana Guyana Malawi Rwanda South Africa Tanzania Togo Zambia Djibouti Gambia Grenada Madagascar Niger Sierra Leone Swaziland The Gambia Uganda Zimbabwe * Total meal production for 2011-2012 was 133,270,920 meals. Approximately 6.5 million meals not reflected in these graphs were consigned to U.S. destinations as a first stop to various international communities, at the discretion of our partners. FMSC did not track these 6.5 million to an ultimate destination. 5 OVERVIEW Our Formulas MannaPackTM Rice A fortified formula with the protein and micronutrients a child needs to thrive, even in food-insecure communities. } } Complementing oral rehydration therapy with Potato-D, a treatment center in LaSource, Haiti, has achieved a 99.6% survival rate. If left untreated, as much as 50% of cholera cases can be fatal.* } Children in the developing world can deteriorate quickly when taken off breast milk. Alert malnutrition clinics use Potato-W to intervene and achieve rapid weight gain. MannaPackTM Potato-D The relief world’s only food to stabilize diarrhea, a leading killer of children with HIV and cholera. MannaPackTM Potato-W One of few weaning formulas to meet World Health Organization guidelines for babies at the high-risk age of 7-12 months. An ideal maintenance food for resource-poor schools and orphanages around the world, allowing the healthy development and education of thousands of children. “These formulas are targeted, which makes them very valuable. FMSC is way ahead of the wave in determining need and developing products for specific populations—all with the intent of achieving very specific nutritional and health results.” Cade Fields-Gardner, MS, RD, LDN, CD Registered dietician and developer of MannaPack Potato-D and MannaPack Potato-W 6 *International Medical Corps Return On Investment 1 $ invested in micronutrients for children in the developing world = 30 $ in benefits over a child's lifetime Out of 40 investment proposals for fixing the world’s toughest problems, global economists rank nutrition No. 1 because it is vital to the healthy development and education of children. Every $1 invested in micronutrients for children in the developing world returns $30 in economic pay-off. 2012 Copenhagen Consensus Nations Reach Their Potential One Child At A Time Omar of El Salvador Partner: FUSAL At the age of 8, Omar weighed as much as the average 10-month American child. He was on the brink of death. FMSC meals worth just $14—just one M&M tube full of quarters—were enough to save his life. Omar’s father, a farmer, earns just $150 a month for his family of 12. Through our partner, FUSAL, the family is on a monthly feeding program and Omar is doing well. Omar – 12 years old Omar – 8 years old, 19 lbs. A r fte 6 er on feeding days p ro mo n t h s o n f e e di n g g ra pro m gr a m t Af 16 7 The Second-Mile Journey: 2011–2012 in Review Plans were in place: 2011–2012 would be a year of strengthening the foundations at Feed My Starving Children. After doubling our 2010 production to serve Haiti (we’ve sent 130 million meals to Haiti since the 2010 earthquake!), FMSC was looking forward to a year of catching our breath, shoring up a responsible level of reserves, integrating new employees, and improving internal processes. 2011–2012 REPORT That was the plan. But the world doesn’t obey our plans. Two of this century’s worst natural disasters struck. In March of 2011 we were asked for two shipments for victims of the Japanese tsunami. And in July, the worst famine in 60 years was declared in East Africa, threatening 12 million lives. Suddenly our partners needed more MannaPackTM meals than we’d committed for the year. Far more. "For we live by faith, not by sight." —11 Corinthians 5:7 tribes of a Somali sultan, Muslim immigrants to Minnesota filled our sites, joyfully packing meals alongside new Christian friends. Wells Fargo brought 1,100 employee volunteers and $22,000—an effort initiated by one of their Somali-American employees. Special packing sessions were opened three Sundays, with a suggested donation of $20 per person. The sessions taught us how willing volunteers are, when clearly invited, to help finance the meals they pack. The resulting publicity included stories on CNN and in Christianity Today, enabling FMSC to reach a national audience for our work in general. Generous donations covered all the extra-meal costs. All the while, FMSC kept production at record levels for Haiti and nearly 50 other countries; grew the MobilePack program to a record 172 events in 35 states; made our Tempe, Ariz. site permanent; FMSC airlifted a pallet of MannaPack Potato-W to help the smallest drought victims survive in the Turkana region of launched a campaign to Once again, we were northern Kenya. open a seventh site (in wrestling with the tough Chicagoland); added 45 new staff to support growth; questions: Do we position ourselves for the long-term? and improved key technology and processes. Or risk, and trust God with the future? As the board deliberated in early August of 2011, one moment crystallized the answer. “If this isn’t exactly the kind of need Feed My Starving Children responds to," said one bold leader, “I don’t know why I’m on this board.” That evening 5 million meals were approved for East Africa beyond budget. By year’s end, the extra allocation had stretched to 13 million. And in the months between, history was made not only at Feed My Starving Children, but in the typical religious divide. Spurred by our donation of food to the homeland Throughout the year, staff worked hard to achieve efficiencies, including more-favorable commodity contracts. Coming in $830,000 under budget, we restored our conservative operating reserves by the end of the year and reduced our meal costs from 24 to 22 cents. The needs of the world had upended our plans. And yet, as FMSC stepped out in obedience to run a second mile, God quietly fulfilled the year’s most important strategic goals. Living by faith, FMSC is positioned as never before to serve the world’s growing needs for nutritious food. 13 Million+ Meals To The Horn Africa Since Aug. 2011 8 2,446,848 meals Ethiopia, Djibouti & South Sudan 4,062,960 meals Somalia 6,619,104 meals Kenya + Planned for 2012 : 4.5 Million Meals East African immigrants filled our Minnesota sites, packing meals for their homelands. Wells Fargo brought 1,100 employee volunteers and $22,000 in support—an effort launched by one of the company’s Somali employees. Meals for East Africa reached refugee camps at Dadaab and Garissa in Kenya and Hargeisa in northern Somalia. FMSC staff visited the region in October to witness the food’s impact. “Once again I saw,” said CEO Mark Crea of distribution in high-risk regions, “that our partners have the head of a CEO, the heart of a pastor, and the guts of a Marine.” 9 Financial Operations Report For the Year Ending February 29, 2012 (The following numbers are expressed in thousands.) Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Assets Liabilities Cash $3,593 Receivables 692 Inventory 2011–2012 REPORT $ 1,862 1,463 Net Assets Unrestricted 4,372 Property, Plant & Equipment 689 Temporarily Restricted Other Assets 189 Total Net Assets Total Assets $6,626 393 4,765 Total Liabilities & Net Assets $ 6,626 Consolidated Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets Revenues, gains and other support: Contributions In-kind contributions MarketPlace sales TM Interest Income Special events, net of direct expenses of $183,790 Net assets released from restrictions Total revenues, gains and other support Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Total $ 16,047 $ 2,002 $ 18,049 11,219 11,219 1,128 1,128 3 3 506 506 1,714 (1,714) $30,617 $ 288 $30,905 Functional expenses: Program services $27,231 $27,231 1,315 1,315 999 999 Total Expenses $29,545 $29,545 Increase (decrease) in net assets $ 1,072 $ 288 $ 1,360 Net assets, beginning $ 3,300 $ 105 $ 3,405 Net assets, ending $ 4,372 $ 393 $ 4,765 Management and general Fundraising A full, audited financial report is available on our website at fmsc.org/financialreports. 10 Where The Food Goes How Donations Are Used In a survey, partners representing one-third of FMSC’s meal consumption say they use the food primarily in these settings: 14 Schools 8 Church/Place of Worship 8 Feeding Center 7 Orphanages 3 Homes 2 Health Clinic 2 Community Center 92% Feeding Program 8% Admin / Fundraising Meals Produced Annually, 1994–2012 160,000,000 140,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 0 *Rededication to Christ ** Budget/Plan 11 FMSC Leadership BOARD OF DIRECTORS Judy Alcott Program Manager Center for Grief, Loss, and Transition, St. Paul Center for Grief, Loss, and Transition Judy Alcott Loren Van Patten Earl K. Beitzel Jodi Boldenow Cathy Schmidt Tom Brady, Board Treasurer Tammi Colianni Leif Syverson Vice President – Finance and Business Development Mercy Hospital CFO Digineer, Inc. Steve Carter Director – Transportation Planning and Strategy Target Corporation 2011–2012 REPORT Dawn Eber Managing Director – Risk Assurance Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Phil Hanson, Board Secretary Human Resources Executive (Retired) Presbyterian Homes and Services Dr. Will Healy Senior Pastor Emmaus Church of Northfield Julie A. Kimble Vice President/General Manager Johnson Controls, Inc. Lisa A. Moe, Board Vice Chair President & Chief Executive Officer StuartCo Kathryn Nash Principal Gray Plant Mooty Leif Syverson Executive Vice President/Founder Signature Bank Todd Stohlmeyer President Industrial Door Company, Inc. Don Craighead CEO DHC Enterprises, Inc. Bill Emison Petroleum Consultant Tamara Gambino Senior Manager OptumRx Jim Haglund President Central Container Corporation Dr. Will Healy Senior Pastor Emmaus Church of Northfield Tom Konz Principal James Capital, LLC Bob Lockwood Retired Cardinal Industries, Inc. Tim Lynch Process Improvement Manager Cargill Don Martin President Lion Precision Vice President – Commodity Sourcing and Grain Operations General Mills, Inc. Scott Nicholson Tad M. Weiss, Board Chair Thomas O'Neill President Modus Advisors, LLC Community Engagement Leader Thrivent Financial Daniel Young Gary Orris Attorney Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A. 12 FMSC Advisory Board Senior Partner, Hyland Group Thrivent Financial Owner Tax Planning Professionals Financial Associate Thrivent Financial President, CEO Roundtable Co-Founder, There She Goes Executive Vice President/Founder Signature Bank Ronald W. Zamber M.D. Founder/Chairman Visionary Equity Group Mark Crea CEO/Executive Director Feed My Starving Children Chris Thompson National Development Director Feed My Starving Children Barb Shimshock Development Advisor/Monthly Giving Specialist Feed My Starving Children Chicago Area Advisory Council FMSC Senior Management Carole Cheney Attorney Kirkland & Ellis LLP Dawn Eber Managing Director – Risk Assurance Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP James R. Effner, Jr. Managing Partner Northwestern Mutual: The Effner Financial Group Kieren Kelliher Senior Manager – Audit & Enterprise Risk Services Deloitte & Touche LLP Mark Crea CEO/Executive Director Holly Donato National Marketing Director Joe Mangi Pilot Priester Aviation Samuel J. Moser Managing Member Riva Ridge Properties LLC Armando Olivares Mobility Sales Cisco Systems Amalesh Sanku Barb Monson Director, Finance and Accounting Matt Muraski Director of International Programs President Sagertech Communications Jeanie Picardi Patricia Swanke Director, Administration and Human Resources Director of Operations Chris Thompson Sandy Nyberg National Development Director Executive Assistant to the CEO 13 Our Role in Sustainable Development The world has a spectrum of food needs. FMSC strives to serve each community according to its needs and resources, with the goal of helping people to thrive on their own. Unlike crisis-driven relief agencies, FMSC stays with communities for the long haul, helping them move from relief to rehabilitation to development. Community Food Need Disasters Limited Resources Progressing Agriculture & Micro-Business IMPACT FMSC Response 14 Relief Rehabilitation Development Emergency Food Shipments Stable Meal Supply Supplemental Supplies In times of natural disasters or extreme poverty—where families earn less than $1.25 per day—food aid is necessary for survival. Crops are often wiped out and people can’t think past the day or week. People may have some means to provide for themselves, but are not able to maintain good health, obtain an education, or break the cycle of poverty. Stabilized with a predictable supply of food, people can plan a livelihood and future. Many communities have moved past basic needs to focus on agriculture, education, and micro-business. However, local food is not always available to everyone at a reasonable cost. In such cases, supplemental food is still valid. 23 MarketPlace Creates Livelihoods Feed My Starving Children established the FMSC MarketPlace to support self-sufficiency. For a fair wage, we buy hand-made goods from local artisans in communities we feed, and sell them in our MarketPlace at packing sites, MobilePack events, and online. Purchases build communities and profits go back into our food program. LOGOS PMS 188 White Black (Key) C MY K 0/97/10 0/50 R G B 139/ 14 /4 CMYK 0/0/0/0 RGB 225/225/225 CMYK 0/0/0/100 RGB 0/0/0 Please visit fmscMarketPlace.org. MINIMUM WIDTH 0.75 Inches Tackling Hunger at its Roots Feed My Starving Children is going deeper with our distribution partners, helping them pursue longer-term solutions to hunger. “All the pieces to end world hunger are there,” says International Programs Director Matt Muraski. “They just need to be connected.” To that end, FMSC has embarked on two new initiatives: Coalition of Relief Organizations Promoting Practical Solutions (C.R.O.P.P.S.) Launched in Nicaragua in 2011, independent FMSC partners working in the same nation collaborate on best practices in food aid, agricultural development, governance, enterprise, and ministry. In its first year, Nicaraguan C.R.O.P.P.S. members saved more than $37,000 in shipping costs. Project Based Food Assistance (P.B.F.A.) In these shortterm, highly targeted projects (1–3 years), FMSC brings church, government, and community leaders together in a comprehensive campaign to eliminate hunger at its roots. A project underway on the island of Marinduque in the Philippines is the first P.B.F.A. program. The Foundation For All Other Progress The Foundation For All Other Progress Jobs Jobs Education Education Healthcare Healthcare Food and Water Food and Water A nutritious food supply allows our partners to communities and devote resources to Astabilize nutritious food supply allows our partners to schools, healthcare, ministry, and micro-business. stabilize communities and devote resources to schools, healthcare, ministry, and micro-business. 15 FMSC Food at Work Miracle Village in Haiti When a disaster happens, Feed My Starving Children increases supplies to partners already in place. In this way, meals are on the ground immediately and quickly become part of long-term recovery projects. IMPACT Love a Child (LAC), 30 miles inland from Port au Prince, is our largest food recipient in Haiti, operating 14 schools, an orphanage, clinics, and numerous village feeding programs. Following the January 2010 earthquake, LAC became a field hospital for thousands of people with permanent injuries. With few job prospects, most stayed on in a meager tent city, each family sustained with MannaPackTM meals while LAC built a permanent community nearby. 16 Miracle Village is now finished, with 500 new homes for 4,000 people. Its sanitation, clean water, schools, church and 24-hour clinic make it the greatest recovery project in Haiti. Residents are becoming self-sufficient by growing produce and making items to sell in a new market going up nearby. “The people of Haiti want to be self-reliant,” says Love a Child founder and director Bobby Burnette. “Feed My Starving Children food has been a bridge helping them get there.” FMSC Food at Work Health for Armenia The small country of Armenia has struggled since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1990, with 25 percent of its 3 million people living below the poverty line. The Minassyans are one such family. Their five-year-old boy Levon suffers from a blood disorder that leaves him unable to walk. Key to his health is a well-balanced diet—something his mother Narine can’t consistently provide. Through FMSC’s partner, Children's Hunger Fund, she receives regular MannaPackTM meals for Levon and writes: “The gift of rice meals means more to us than you can ever imagine. My son feels healthier and is more active. We are all so thankful for this gift. To see our son have the strength to move around puts a big smile on our faces.” Children's Hunger Fund helps sustain 4,000 adults and children in Armenia by using MannaPack meals in three kindergarten schools, a health clinic, a home for adults with special needs, an orphanage, churches, and a community center. 17 FMSC Food at Work Gaining Strength in the Philippines In the Philippines, one out of every four mothers will bury a child, often due to hunger-related diseases. Rachel Padios lost her 11-month-old daughter Ian Mae to dehydration, and another daughter—Mae Ann—seemed close behind, weighing only 11 pounds at two years old. But, thanks to MannaPackTM meals distributed by Risen Savior Missions, Mae Ann rebounded, gaining six pounds in one month. Physically restored, she weighs nearly 30 pounds now. In fact, Mae Ann turned four recently and continues to grow and gain strength. IMPACT Every week, 30,000 children receive life-giving FMSC meals through Risen Savior Missions, a Minnesota-based mission that distributes food through 500 feeding sites run entirely by Filipino staff. 18 FMSC Food at Work Hope in Nicaraguan Schools Fabretto Children’s Foundation uses FMSC food in 50 schools for poor children, including those around the Managua city dump, where families otherwise forage for food. It’s the only hot meal some children receive. Nicaraguan children usually attend school for only four hours a day, but the MannaPack lunches allow Fabretto to offer classes in the afternoon, too. FMSC food frees up resources for Fabretto to invest in other sustainable activities, including farming, computer classes, and a cooperative called Nica HOPE, where women and students make jewelry that FMSC resells in our MarketPlace, providing an income for these local artisans. ... and for school children around the world See how MannaPackTM meals fuel learning and dreams. View “Brian’s Story”. Go to vimeo.com/fmsc/brian 19 Impact Here at Home Feed My Starving Children helps people identify with the poor, and motivates them to greater sacrifice. The experience of packing meals brings a level of joy that is often inexpressible. Here are just some of those who have gone beyond packing to help FMSC cover meal costs with investments large and small: | Greater Hospitality A Company: Hyatt Regency-Scottsdale A group of 21 resort employees packed meals together at the Tempe, Arizona site, galvanized around a common fight against hunger. They raised funds to cover the cost of the meals by holding two “Jeans Days,” where employees could pay $5 to dress down for the day. “Packing was an eye-opening experience,” says Rall Elder, engineering supervisor. “When I left, I felt like I’d accomplished something and it brought everyone closer together. I formed a better bond with members of different areas of the hotel.” Partnering with Feed My Starving Children “aligns with our Hyatt Thrive initiative and develops connections in our community,” says Annabelle Sanchez, human resources manager for Hyatt Regency-Scottsdale. Cars On The Auction Block } IMPACT An Individual: Harvey Hielkema 20 Challenged by the book, Crazy Love, retired real estate developer Harvey Hielkema of Baldwin, Wis., put his 22 vintage cars and tractors up for auction. “I heard the Lord speak to me loud and clear, ‘I don’t need that stuff out in my shed,’” said Harvey. “I should give it to Feed My Starving Children.” In two hours, his lifelong collection—including a Model T and a ’57 Chevy with 22,000 miles—changed hands. Harvey gladly invested the proceeds of $78,000 in 320,000 meals for children. As part of a new plannedgiving program, Feed My Starving Children works with the National Christian Foundation to liquidate gifts of assets so that generosity like Harvey’s is even more convenient. | MobilePacks: A Virtual Mission Trip A Church: Good Shepherd Lutheran “Healthy churches have a focus on the nations and a community-mission presence,” says church-growth expert Thom S. Rainier in his report, Trends in Healthy Churches. For just that reason, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville, Ill., has hosted several MobilePacks with Feed My Starving Children—inviting their own members and the greater community to pack meals right on their premises. “Not everybody can go on a mission trip, whether it’s age, employment, or some other factor in their life,” says Senior Pastor Gary Olson. “So when they can be involved in an opportunity like FMSC, they can still be a vital part of our mission ministry. I see lives being transformed because they are living out the Gospel.” To explore hosting a packing event at your organization, go to fmsc.org/MobilePack. Middle Schoolers Reach High } A School: Altadena Middle School The 7th grade class of Altadena Middle School in the Phoenix area raised more than $14,000 for FMSC in 2011—enough to feed 58,000 children with the meals they packed at the Tempe site. “Students mowed lawns, babysat, and even gave their allowances,” said Principal Nancy Corner. This year, a new 7th grade class from Altadena came packing again after raising another $11,500. “I learned 18,000 children die a day from starvation,” said 13-yearold Victoria Brandis. “I didn’t think it was that bad. It makes you really thankful you can help, and makes you think about throwing away your food.” 21 Get Involved Pack & Invest Volunteer at a site. Bring a group to one of our seven sites (below) and contribute toward the meals you pack: fmsc.org/volunteer Host a MobilePack. FMSC brings the ingredients, equipment, and staff to your organization. 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