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I Can’t Help You Right Now
Things are busy here at Numana, as we work to launch a number of initiatives in the next few weeks. In the meantime, we thought you would enjoy a brief look back in our history. A year ago, our CEO Rick McNary, was chronicling his reactions to his visit to Haiti. This post was originally [...]
Numana Hosts Senator Jerry Moran
At a recent Congressional Hunger Center Gala, which awarded Sen. Moran the Congressional Hunger Center Award, he told me he was planning on visiting our HQ on June 1. I was very impressed that he not only knew he was coming, he even knew when he was coming! I can’t keep my schedule straight for [...]
Volunteers Honored Pt. 2
Throughout the week of April 11, National Volunteer Week, Numana honored several volunteers who are extremely dedicated to Numana and saving the starving. Articles and photographs were sent to their local newspapers to thank them for their outstanding work. Last week, we highlighted 3 of the volunteers and this post will focus on the remaining [...]
Volunteers Honored Pt. 1
Throughout the week of April 11, National Volunteer Week, Numana honored several volunteers who are extremely dedicated to Numana and saving the starving. Articles and photographs were sent to their local newspapers to thank them for their outstanding work. This week, we will highlight 3 of these special volunteers, with the remaining three [...]
SWIPE
Numana is proud to present a state-wide packaging event, drawing in students from across the State of Kansas to host food packaging events on their campuses.
National Volunteer Week
“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time;
they just have heart.”
- Elizabeth Andrew, author
Happy National Volunteer Week! You are one of the critical assets in the war on hunger; a life-giving volunteer helping Numana save the starving.
National Volunteer Week was established in 1974 by an executive order from President Richard Nixon. Since that time, [...]
Ambassador Tony Hall’s Hunger Fast
“With the stakes higher on problems of hunger than ever before — both here in America and around the world — I felt very energized to be with many of the student leaders of the Kansas universities. They are the emerging leaders of this movement and already making a big difference in tackling hunger.” – [...]
Pacific Disaster Response
The news from the Pacific remains grim as death tolls rise and the daily coping of the residents of Japan becomes more and more difficult. In selfless acts of reaching out to the disaster victims, two communities have held packaging events since the earthquake.
On Wednesday, March 16, a professor at Emporia State University, Emporia, [...]
Japan & Pacific Region – Earthquake & Tsunami Relief
Numana is organizing a relief effort for Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. On March 11, while most Americans were sleeping, a devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck the country of Japan. It is the strongest earthquake in Japan’s history. The earthquake, which struck off the coast of Japan, was followed quickly by a tsunami caused by [...]
A New Way of Rescuing Slaves- by Rick McNary
“Is she saying what I think she’s saying?” I asked my Haitian interpreter as a young mother tried to move her shy, seven-year-old daughter out from behind her hip.
“Yes,” he replied, “She wants to know if you want to take her daughter?”
“But she doesn’t even know me?” I replied in disbelief. ”She has no idea [...]