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BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Beth Hall PAST PRESIDENT Solomon Melesse SECRETARY/TREASURER Mary Widmer DIRECTORS Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III Wesley Fields David Howard Rich Jones Mary McClure Anita Parran Scott Phillips James Sangster Tim Shea Father Pat Tobin Dan L. Weaver Stanley P. Weiner Dear Friends, In 2005, we saw the face of hunger. Hurricane Katrina brought it into our living rooms and we saw the desperation of people who didn’t have access to the basic necessities of food, water and shelter. Ā e images were shocking and they spurred people across the country to act. Unfortunately, it often takes a dramatic crisis to motivate people to help. Hunger in our own community is seldom so dramatic. It’s much more subtle, much more hidden. But here in Kansas City, we are fortunate to have fi nancial donors, food donors, agencies and volunteers who are committed to responding to the disaster of hunger in our community day in and day out. Since it was founded in 1979, Harvesters has been Kansas City’s response to hunger. Ā at year, we distributed 150,000 pounds of food. In 2006, we distributed more than 22 million pounds. Ā rough our network of more than 550 agencies, Harvesters now serves nearly 60,000 people every week. What does the face of hunger look like in Kansas City? It is the face of a child who stuff s his pockets during lunch at school so he has food to eat at home at night. It is the face of a single mom struggling to make ends meet on a low-wage job. It is the face of a senior citizen who goes without food in order to buy medicine, further jeopardizing his already fragile health. Because of your support throughout the year, Harvesters is here to answer the call for help. Ā rough our Feeding Families Initiative, we provide emergency food assistance throughout a 13-county area. With our Childhood Hunger Initiative, we provide kids with the food they need to grow up healthy and the skills they need to make nutritious food choices throughout their lives. Our Senior Feeding Initiative targets the special needs of the elderly who are experiencing hunger in our community. And our Healthy Eating Initiative helps ensure that we are collecting and distributing nutritious food and helping recipients make healthy food choices. But none of Harvesters’ programs would be possible without your support. We are deeply grateful for your gifts of food, money and time that make our work possible. It is because of you that food is here for our neighbors in need when they turn to Harvesters for help. Beth Hall President 2006-2007 Karen Haren Executive Director
THE FACE OF HUNGER IN GREATER KANSAS CITY In 2006, the release of the Hunger in America study provided us with a detailed look at who in our community is turning to Harvesters’ network for emergency food assistance. The most comprehensive study of domestic hunger ever conducted, Hunger in America 2006 revealed alarming and unacceptably high levels of hunger, with nearly 60,000 people receiving assistance through Harvesters’ network in any given week. So what did the study tell us about the face of hunger in our community? IT IS THE FACE OF A CHILD. Children under the age of 18 account for 43% of Harvesters’ emergency food recipients. That’s more than 25,000 children in Greater Kansas City who rely on Harvesters for food every week. IT IS THE FACE OF THE WORKING POOR. Nearly half (48%) of households turning to Harvesters’ network for help have at least one adult who is working. These are people who are working hard, but can’t make ends meet on the low-wage jobs to which they have access. IT IS THE FACE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. More than one-third (36%) of emergency food recipients are served in programs located in suburban or rural areas. IT IS THE FACE OF A SENIOR CITIZEN. More than 4,000 senior citizens rely on Harvesters for emergency food assistance every week, accounting for 7% of Harvesters’ clients. IT IS THE FACE OF A SINGLE PARENT. Of those households with children turning to Harvesters’ network for help, 45% are single-parent households. IT IS THE FACE OF A PERSON MAKING DIFFICULT CHOICES. Many emergency food recipients have to make diff cult choices between food and other necessities. Nearly half (46%) of recipients have had to choose between buying food and paying for utilities or heat. Nearly one-third (32%) have had to choose between buying food and paying their rent or mortgage. More than onethird (36%) have had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care.
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