Ollie's Fighting Childhood Hunger
     This program, initiated by us five months ago, is about fighting childhood hunger by providing children in need with kid-approved healthy dinners in microwave-safe containers. The program has proven to be a huge success. The children served are eating healthier, sleeping better, and paying attention in school according to letters from families and teachers. The volunteer drivers tell us how appreciative the families are, and how the children are happy to see them when they arrive with the meals.
     We feature a few of the volunteer drivers in this issue of the newsletter. The program was featured on WBRE news recently. You can find a link to the clip, plus a lot of other information, on our web site: www.DinnersForKids.org.
     We produce the meals very economically at a cost of only $10 a week for six dinners including fresh fruit.  Over the period of a year, these meals add up to $520 per child.
     Unlike other food programs, we receive no government funding so we depend solely on donations. Since the program has no paid staff and no overhead, ALL the donations are used to put a healthy meal in the hands of a needy child.
     I am very thankful to the generous people who donate to the program, the volunteer packers and drivers who help us keep costs to a minimum, and to our Advisory Board who helps the program continue to develop.

For tax deductable donations, please make your check payable to: “Dinners For Kids” program
Mail it to:
                      CEO
                      PO Box 1127
                     165 Amber Lane,
                     Wilkes Barre, PA 18703-1127

Thank you, David Tevet

This month, we are featuring a group of our first volunteer drivers. They are all volunteers from the Church of Christ Uniting in Kingston. I appreciate the excellent work being done by all the volunteer drivers and packers.

Evelyn Kursey and Amy Ellsworth
     Evelyn is retired from the King’s College Advancement Office. She enjoys delivering the meals with Amy and seeing how     appreciative the parents and the children are. Her husband, Jim Kursey, is a counselor and a teacher at Wyoming Seminary.
     Amy is married and the mother of two. She has been a pre-school teacher with the Head Start Program for 16 years. She is familiar with the problems associated with childhood hunger. She believes that with this program, the children will have the nutrients to grow better, will learn better, and develop the concept of giving back in the future.



Ginny and Charlie Dancheck
     Ginny and Charlie owned Dancheck Fire Equipment. After they sold their business in 2006, they kept busy by volunteering in the Food Pantry and doing other activities in their church. Charlie is in charge of scheduling the volunteer drivers. When the Danchecks deliver the meals, it gives them great satisfaction to see how happy the kids are to receive the food.






Joyce and Jack Wise
     Joyce is a community advocate for Head Start and Jack has owned Jack Wise Interiors on Rt. 315 for 40 years. Despite their busy schedule, they are very active in their church and the community. They enjoy delivering the meals and seeing the kids run to their car when they arrive with their meals!