Inside Out Community Development Corporation

Fresh directions - the hot meals program, known as "fresh directions hot meals for kids" serve children across the Community who are food insecure. The organization collaborates with key Community organizations to serve at-risk children and support their efforts to help students reach developmental goals. Partnering with Community centers, the organization was able to serve 29,092 hot meals and wholesome snacks to children. Since hot meals were provided to children by fresh directions, Community partners were able to focus on their own empowerment activities for the children in their programs. Empowerment also occurred for the children who were served, because when a child is well fed, they are better able to succeed in school and other activities. The impact of the program is further emphasized by the adult and youth volunteers from across the Community who give their talents and time to the hot meals program.