Kitchen on the Street Charity by L. A. Keller

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This month's charity post focuses on a local charity, Kitchen on the Street, which helps those less fortunate by providing food assistance to those in need.

Here's a summary from their website:

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.

In 2018 it was rated as a top non-profit. Personally, I can't imagine a child ever going without food in a country as rich in resources as the United States. It's appalling to think that when school is not in session some children may not have access to food all day long.

I am not promoting any religious affiliation with this non-profit. I'm sure there are other faith based organizations which are in dire need of contributions of any kind. The next time you stroll through the grocery aisle, consider picking up a few extra items to contribute to a food bank. Canned goods of any kind are appreciated. Don't wait for Thanksgiving to help a family in need. Consider what you can do instead of giving gifts for someone's birthday or other holiday. Make a contribution in that person's name or donate your time.

Click on the link below to find out how you can contribute.



Happy Trails,

Leslie


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