Caldwell County's King's Kitchen has successfully completed its 11th summer of feeding area children, serving more than 28,000 meals this year alone.
Lee Ann Gilkey of the nonprofit said it's been an “amazing” year. She said King's Kitchen started with zero funding but thanks to community support they were able to raise $40,000. The funds have allowed them to provide breakfast and lunch to 200 kids on their list and additional kids on a waiting list, for a total of more than 220 kids fed through their program this summer.
Click here to download the audio. This week was the last week of food distribution, and Gilkey said extra meals were given to help sustain children until they returned to school. Overall, she reported, they served more than 28,000 breakfasts and lunches this summer.
Click here to download the audio: Gilkey explained that the goal each summer is to pay for the meals children would normally receive at school.
Click here to download the audio. She also expressed her gratitude to the volunteers who came out to help out on Tuesday, the final day of distribution for the summer.
Click here to download the audio: Gilkey is grateful for the community's consistent support of King's Kitchen over the past decade.
Click to download the audio: The program aims to provide meals to children between the ages of 2 and 18 during the summer when school is out.
