In 2004, as he was dropping his daughter off at school, Mike Berry encountered a little girl that was crying on the playground. He discovered that she was cold, tired from sleeping in her car the night before, and hungry. This interaction planted the seed for Kids Aid and became something he couldn’t ignore. Mike wondered, “Why isn’t someone doing something about kids in our community going hungry?” Then he realized he was that someone, and so he got to work.
He started the program in his garage feeding ten children each week. Moving the operation to his office, employees and clients navigated around boxes of macaroni and cheese and sat on cases of peanut butter. Thanks in large part to Mike’s infectious enthusiasm, Kids Aid then ran a successful capital campaign in 2016 for its own (free and clear) warehouse to call home.
Kids Aid is now available in over 115 locations serving preschool through college-aged students, with approximately 175 volunteers proudly assembling and delivering an average of 3,000 bags a week!
When a child is hungry “being a kid” can be hard work. Kids Aid was created to provide food to hungry children within our community. Through the collaborative support of local schools, businesses and individual volunteers, Kids Aid is a community solution to “Helping Kids Be Kids.”
No child experiences hunger in Mesa County
To alleviate childhood hunger so kids can be kids
Our crew at Kids Aid may be small, but we are mighty. We have one full time staff member, one part time staff member, and seven members of our board of directors. It is through the incredible care and coordination of each of these people that Kids Aid not only keeps being able to serve our community, but to be able to grow our programming and develop new ways to help children and families.
We highly value community partnership and community contribution, believing that together we are better. Together we serve more families, elevate our and our partners’ programs and practices, expand our reach to underserved populations, support our community’s health and wellbeing and ultimately, alleviate childhood hunger. Through our collaborative partnerships with individuals, organizations, businesses, and funders, we can do so much—and we are immensely grateful for our relationships.
To keep our community informed, we do our best to distribute an information-packed newsletter three times per year as well as postcards and email updates. For more frequent updates and current information, we use our social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter—to share updates about upcoming events, opportunities, and program changes. We’d love to keep in touch, so please follow us on your preferred platform!
For more in depth information about our organization, including current 990s, please visit our GuideStar Profile.
Kids Aid is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing for the needs of children, with a primary focus on supplying food to hungry kids.
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