One Powerful Fact: Every day in the USA kids come to school hungry. In the country that feeds the world we have hungry kids in every school district across the United States. The worst part is that there are federal programs to feed kids from low income homes yet more than 52% of those who are eligible are still not getting the food and nutrition they need to grow to be healthy adults. The food is available, the school foodservice teams are passionate and committed to feeding kids, yet the time restraints make this a challenge to say the least.

Why Feeding Kids Matters Behavior issues, poor learning skills, short and long term health issues - it is not an

overstatement to say the impact of hungry kids is closely tied to the future of our nation.

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The first program began as The National School Lunch Program and was created in 1946 when President Truman signed the National School Lunch Act into law. Truman intended these meals to promote and protect child nutrition, while supporting consumption of American farm products. Today, the School Lunch Program is part of a much broader federal nutrition assistance program operating in over 101,000 public and non-profit private schools and residential care institutions. Regulated and administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which defines the current program as nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 33 million U.S. children each school day.  According to a recent study, more than 51% of all school age children are eligible for free or reduced cost reimbursable meals. To learn more and see the latest national news on this topic, go to www.ReimbursableMeals.com

About Reimbursable Meals - The opportunity for school children to receive free or reduced price meals is part of a national program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).  The programs are administered through the school systems, to feed breakfast, lunch, after school meals, dinner and/or snacks – all with federal requirements – to help FEED MORE KIDS. 

Junk food like fries, colas and pizza is cheap food that does not contribute to smart kids. Free or reduced meals at school are nutritious, available and fuel the next generation.

The Story Behind FEED MORE KIDS – In 2007, while selling vending machines to school systems, we had our first introduction to how many kids were coming to school hungry. The need was growing but the response was, and is, far too slow. In 2010 we reached out to food producers to see how we could partner to get more of the machines full of healthy foods in schools. Food producers like the National Dairy Council among others stepped up and helped us place machines in 400 locations, in 27 states and we have fed more than 3.6 million kids over the years.

For nearly a decade we have talked about the need to FEED MORE KIDS and this year we hit the tipping point. When more than 50% of kids come to school hungry, we had to ramp up our efforts and FEED MORE KIDS. In mid-2015 a group of professionals came together to build a nonprofit organization that could quickly ramp up how many kids will be fed healthy meals. We thank you for your interest in helping to FEED MORE KIDS.

Many children do not get enough food at home. Schools are the prime location where there is opportunity to feed them. Together we can.

How Can This Be So? The focus on testing and grades has taken time away from lunch, among other programs. Most schools now have about a 6-hour school day and only one 20-minute

lunch break. From the time the bell rings a student has 20 minutes to go to the bathroom, locker, get and eat lunch and make it to the next class. Now imagine you are in the school cafeteria and 2000 kids come rushing toward the food line – it is a scenario that plays out daily and helps tell the story of this problem.

How FEED MORE KIDS will feed more kids: The money raised will be used in several ways. The main way will be to supply a machine to schools that qualify for the program, at no charge.  We are in the process of developing a scholarship program to also help kids going forward. We are also going to supply advertising kits, parent communications, fun giveaways and possibly free product to encourage the kids to participate in the program.

Data was supplied by the U.S. Department of Education, Food Research and Action Center and the National Center for Education Statistics

What a $15,000 donation will do:▷ A machine will immediately be placed in an eligible* middle

or high school. Because this is a free donation to the school there are very few layers of paperwork necessary – just approval from the school to accept the donation and the machine is on its way.

▷ School foodservice directors will receive a complete package ofmaterials including recipes, tips on building student awareness and participation, a colorful, vinyl machine wrap, a complete how-to PR campaign to communicate with parents, students and their community. They will have an 800 number to call for any technical issues .…… more??

▷ FEEDing MORE KIDS for the next decade or more. The machines we supply are high quality, tried and true feeding machines. They are fully wired to work with the school’s internal system for accounting and can even send a message to the foodservice director when the machine is ready to be restocked or there has been a power failure. For more details on the Star Food Healthy Express machines go to www.StarFoodHealthyExpress.com

▷ Donors will be included in national publicity and work with our national public relations firm to maximize the meaning of their contribution and the difference it is making in their community and in the lives of the next generation.

▷ FEED MORE KIDS is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, recognized by the IRS and contributions are tax deductible.

*Schools chosen for placement of a reimbursable meal machine must have a compatible POS system

Top Chefs who know how to make healthy food look appealing are part of our team too – we are working with Chefs and culinary organizations nationwide to create colorful and appetizing food that the kids can see through the glass front of the machines and encourage them to make their selection and eat healthy, chef designed meals.

Local Top Chefs work with school foodservice professionals to create colorful and appealing reimbursable meals to assure this healthy food is the top choice of students.

We will focus on middle and high school students that are eligible to receive reimbursable meals.  That would include breakfast, lunch and possibly dinner.

A proven track record – ready to do much more. The kids are in schools across the USA. Last year 3,600,000 kids were fed through the Star Food Healthy express program. The machines are in 27 states with over 400 on location. In less than 20 seconds schools get the accounting data needed and kids get the healthy food they need.

▶ Donations of all sizes are welcomed ▶ $15,000 donation gives you full sponsorship of one machine ▶ Send checks to: ▷ Feed More Kids

4800 NW 15th Avenue, suite BFort Lauderdale, FL 33309

▶ Credit card donations can be made through our website: ▷ www.FeedMoreKids.org ▶ For more information please contact: ▷ Joe Gilbert, President of Feed More Kids

Email: JGilbert@feedmorekids.orgWebsite: www.FeedMoreKids.org

▶ Board of Directors, 2015 – 2018, 3-year terms▷ President, Joseph Gilbert

Email: JGilbert@feedmorekids.org▷ CEO, Art Dunham

Email: ADunham@feedmorekids.org▷ Vice President, Bob Gottlieb

Email: BGottlieb@feedmorekids.org▷ Treasurer, Jeff Hollander

Email: JHollender@feedmorekids.org

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Here is a conservative estimate of how many kids we can feed next year.For a donation of $15,000 we can place one machine, in one school with technical support and a public relations plan of action. A fully stocked machine holds 96 multi-component reimbursable or free meals, so we’ll base our conservative estimate on just one machine, stocked just once and only operating the 180 days school is in normal session.

Kids come to school 180 days a year, which means in just one school year, through just one machine stocked once - we can serve more than 17,000 meals. A machine can be restocked in minutes so keeping them full or changing meals from breakfast to lunch is an easy loading process. In addition, if we can keep these machines stocked over the summer, holidays, weekends and more – we can assure kids aren’t hungry during the other 185 days when they are not in school. What a difference just one machine can make!

We can make a difference quickly: For every 125 machines we place in schools, we will feed over 2 million more reimbursable meals. With more than 14.5 million public high schools and middle schools in the USA you can see the opportunity is huge. But the need is immediate.

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