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January 2, 2016 · by Moms Against Poverty
We are truly grateful for your generosity and support of Moms Against Poverty and the children we serve. As we step into 2016, we look forward to continuing our mission to fight child hunger and poverty worldwide.
On behalf of the children whose lives you’ve helped transform—thank you.
We ended the year with our Holiday Helping Hand Program, delivering food, toys, and gift cards to children in need across California and Virginia.
In California, hundreds of volunteers wrapped over 1,300 gifts, which were distributed to children from low-income families through:
We appreciate donations from IKEA, Central County Fire Department, and Toys for Tots and thank the City of Burlingame for providing the space for our gift-wrapping event.
Through the Neda Nobari Foundation and other donors, we also provided 100 grocery store gift cards to homeless families at Cesar Chavez Elementary School.
In Virginia, Moms Against Poverty sponsored meals for Dominion High School’s Generosity Feeds event, where 700 volunteers packaged 20,000 meals for over 11,500 children experiencing food insecurity in Loudoun County.
In 2015, we expanded our Nutrition Outreach Program to Half Moon Bay and Oakland, CA, providing nutritious meals to hundreds of children. Additionally, we:
This year, we:
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Moms Against Poverty is a nonprofit organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of child poverty in the U.S. and around the world.
We carry out this mission by: