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I Need Help!

I need help. I inadvertently cause people to feel guilty when I don’t mean to.  When I’m asked what I do for a living and I tell folks that I work for an international hunger relief organization. Here are the typical responses I get as people drop their head in shame: I just change the channel…

The Importance of Numana’s Nutritious Food

The photo displayed shows the difference between the brain stems of 3 year-old children who have been fed nutritious meals and those who have not. And that damage is irrevocable. Josette Sheeran, CEO of World Food Progamme has a very inspiring and challenging TED video about this. Josette Sheeran: E…

Having fun while doing good: What Aristotle might say about Numana

I’ve never had so much fun doing so much good!”  I have heard that phrase more than once at our events as people package life-saving meals in a festive atmosphere.  With the number of people we have showing up at our events, apparently others are of the same sentiment. Packaging meals for sta…

Heartland Community Church, Olathe, helps us with our 100th event!

  Whodathunkit?  100 Numana Packaging Events in two short years! Saturday, Dec. 17, marked our 100th Numana event thanks to the wonderful people at Heartland Community Church in Olathe!  http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150421797801286&set=a.241901656285.149193.167850816285&t…

Another Container Heads to Africa

Outside my office I hear the rumble of the semi-truck backing up to our warehouse.  Instead of a trailer, the truck is pulling a 40’ empty container. It has come here to load up 261,360 Numana meals that are beginning the long journey to Africa.  They’ll go to the east coast to load on a [...]…

The Power of Hope

Miss Kansas, Carissa Kelly, and school kids in Haiti “Five minutes of hope is all some people need to keep from committing suicide. Don’t try to give them hope for the future a year from now, give them hope for a future five minutes from now.” When the speaker at the conference made that comme…

Hunger Hero Norma Henton Strikes Again!

Does one person make a difference? Just ask the people of Dodge City.  Ask the people of the refugee camp in Africa who have never met Norma Henton, but are alive because of her.  Just ask us.  We are completely amazed by this sweet grandmotherly woman who is able to get her community to do [...…

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Worldwide Hunger & Starvation News – February 4, 2012

It was a busy week at Numana. First, with the introduction of our new program, GROW, focusing on corporate intiatives to help companies foster teamwork AND feed the starving at the same time.  (Check out the link to learn more.) Second, we had a great opportunity to meet with several team members…

Worldwide Hunger & Starvation News – January 28, 2012

If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies. ~Elmer Rice First for this week, some good news from the Horn of Africa. From All Africa News, some farmers are able to return to their land in Somalia with the return of seasonal [...]…

Worldwide Hunger & Starvation News – January 21, 2012

Last Monday, here in the U.S., Numana celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr Day with a packaging event at Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Kansas City, MO.  To quote Dr. King,  “Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true symp…

Worldwide Hunger & Starvation News – January 14, 2012

We are delighted to have introduced this week our new initiative, Messages Of Hope, that will enable you to further participate in our mutual passion and mission of Saving the Starving.  We know that everyone can’t make it to our fun and exciting packaging events, and this provides you…

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