The United Way of Greater Toledo is teaming up with community partners to provide meals to school-aged children while schools in Ohio are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Connecting Kids to Meals is working to create 15 sites throughout the county where parents and guardians can pick up meals. Additionally, the organization will distribute 12,000 weekend snack bags. These … Read More
Toledo Walleye volunteer at CKM
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Connecting Kids to Meals provided Northwest Ohio children with 500,000 meals last year — an unattainable figure without help from the community. This afternoon, Toledo Walleye players and staff were doing their part down at the Monroe Street headquarters, packing food and condiments to go in full meal kits. CKM president Wendi Huntley says, “We’re so … Read More
Doni Miller of 13abc’s Bridges talks with president of Connecting Kids to Meals, Wendi Huntley
Connecting Kids to Meals is an organization in Northwest Ohio that fights childhood hunger through after-school and summer programs. In 2018, Connecting Kids to Meals served over 500,000 meals. “I have an amazing staff; We cannot do this work without, first and foremost, a great set of folks internally,” said Wendi. With over 180 partners and locations in counties such … Read More
Wendi Huntley, president of Connecting Kids To Meals, speaks with Moms Everyday
Toledo is blessed to have an agency that fights childhood hunger all year long. “We provide meals to our partners throughout the community, over 185 of them, during our after school programming hours and throughout the entire summer,” says Wendi Huntley, president of Connecting Kids to Meals. It takes a village to fight childhood hunger, and Connecting Kids to Meals … Read More
Toledo must feed its children
When Lyndon Johnson enlisted the nation’s help with the war on poverty, who would have believed — more than 50 years later — that so many children in the Toledo area would be going hungry? A quarter of Toledo’s population lives in poverty and Toledo Public Schools has the highest rate of homelessness in Ohio with nearly 3,000 homeless students. … Read More
Nonprofit fights childhood hunger in northwest Ohio
Childhood hunger in northwest Ohio is an ongoing and growing problem, one that Connecting Kids to Meals is trying to rectify. “Going hungry is a problem we should be able to solve,” said Wendi Huntley, the nonprofit’s president. “The core issue is that people don’t know there is a childhood hunger problem in our community.” The group is hosting an … Read More
Connecting Kids to Meals begins campaign to feed more Northwest Ohio kids
TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) – More than 340,000 people do not have enough food right here in the 419 area code. That means one in five families are wondering what their next meal will be and where it will come from. One non-profit is expanding to better serve our community, especially the children. Read the full story and watch the video … Read More
Campaign begins to end childhood hunger
TOLEDO, Ohio (WNWO) — The Connecting Kids to Meals campaign kicked off on Thursday in Toledo at the Cherry Street Mission Ministries. The organization is celebrating 15 years of fighting childhood hunger. It’s teaming up with local businesses over the next 15 days. Connecting Kids to Meals has served more than five million meals in our area in the past … Read More
Snapshots from Summer Meals
The summer meals program has come to a close for this year, and Connecting Kids to Meals saw wild success. Below are pictures from three different locations: Crim Elementary, Rossford, and North Baltimore! The Crim Elementary program broke records. Bobby Hoffman, Senior Team Leader of CLC of Bowling Green at Crim Elementary stated, “We take great pride in serving our children, and with the help of … Read More
Local organizations work to help thousands of homeless Toledo children
TOLEDO (13abc Action News) – A recent report from the Ohio Department of Education shows the Toledo Public School District has the highest number of homeless students in the entire state. There are a lot of people working with various programs and shelters to help change that. The report shows there are about 2,700 homeless students in Toledo Public Schools.The … Read More