The Need - 'At Risk' Children
After school Food and Mentorship programs, like the ones offered by Kidz Grub, Inc., make a real difference for children, families & communities. Studies show that the more than 6.5 million children are benefitng. High-quality afterschool programs are linked to significant gains in standardized test scores, improved work habits, social skills and overall behavior for the kids. However...
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Regarding the programs we offer to satisfy those needs please review our Kidz Needz section.
“Recent research shows that many children who do not have enough to eat wind up with diminished capacity to understand and learn. Children don’t have to be starving for this to happen. Even mild undernutrition – the kind most common among poor people in America – can do it.”
Carl Sagan
“In this country that grows more food than any other nation on this earth, it is unthinkable that any child should go hungry.”
Sela Ward
“There’s gonna be some stuff you gonna see that’s gonna make it hard to smile in the future. But though whatever you see, through all the rain and pain, you gotta be able to keep your sense of humor, you gotta be able to smile through all this…”
Tupac – Inner City ‘At Risk’
“When people were hungry, Jesus didn’t say, “Now is that political, or social?” He said, “I feed you.” Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.”
Desmond Tutu
“Hunger makes a thief of any man.”
Pearl S. Buck
“Hunger is not a problem. It is an obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank
“I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for the minds and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.”
Sir Winston Churchill
“35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don’t know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we’d be at war.”
Jeff Bridges
“I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it’s my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better…we must!”
Dolly Parton
Nourishing 'At Risk' Children in the greater Houston area is our Focus
It's a sad truth that millions of children in America go hungry -each day. Being 'hungry' doesn't just apply to eating food, there is also a deficiency in feeding the children with the emotional, educational, and relational support they need and deserve. Our 'At Risk' After School programs are tailored to help address and meet these needs for the children that become involved in our programs.
Please have a look at our Kidz Needz programs to learn more about our approach, meals, support, and related processes.
Nourishing the Kidz
Food is goal number one and a wonderful gateway to relationships that open doors to education,support, encouragement, and better living. Our programs are developed to not fill their bellies, but help them learn to overcome and thrive.
'At Risk' Mentorship & Support
After the children learn they can trust and depend upon Kidz Grub team members the barriers begin to subside. It is only after this occurs that we can then begin to help them further. This goes beyond school work. The true value begins we we can mentor to them and help them to explore their true potential.
Kidz Grub - Operations
Kidz Grub works diligently to reduce costs and expand offerings. Our team consists of a handful of dedicated employees and and awesome group of volunteers. We focus and spend monies wisely to ensure we can meet the needs of those we are serving.