Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources
Mission
Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources (KAIR) is a 501c3 interfaith, community based volunteer program that provides practical assistance to the qualified, elderly, frail, isolated and needy of Kalkaska County and the surrounding areas.
Ruling year
1996
Executive Director
Mrs. Cathy Somes
Main address
PO Box 766
Kalkaska, MI 49646 USA
EIN
38-3240697
NTEE code
Human Service Organizations (P20)
IRS filing requirement
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
In Kalkaska County nearly one out of every four children lives in poverty. Many households live on incomes below the poverty average struggling to provide elemental needs to his or her families. According to the 2014 Benzie Sunrise Rotary Club survey, 82 percent of clients utilizing a pantry in Kalkaska County suffer from food insecurity(Benzie Sunrise Rotary Club, 2014). For these families KAIR provides vital services. By continuing to grow our services KAIR is providing a vulnerable population with nutritional foods for daily living to help prevent food insecurity for families today and in the future. Reference: Benzie Sunrise Rotary Club. (2014). Food security in the Michigan counties of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau. Retrieved from: https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000001898/en-ca/files/homepage/food-security-udy-in-grand-traverse-area/Food%20Security%20Study%20in%20Grand%20Traverse%20Area.pdf
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
KAIR Food Pantry
KAIR's mission is to provide struggling families with nutritional supplemental foods. Each month KAIR distributes approximately 22,000 pounds of food to families in need in Kalkaska County. Since 1995 KAIR has served over 200,000 people distributing over 4 million pounds of food to help prevent food insecure households.
KAIR Ladles of Love Community Meal Program
KAIR Ladles of Love Community Meal Program serves nutritional meals each week distributing nearly 100 meals per service in our fight against food insecurity in Kalkaska County and the surrounding areas. Since opening in July 2020 KAIR Ladles of Love has served over 13,000 meals to assist families in need.
KAIR Christmas Meal Program
Each year KAIR offers Christmas meals to families in need through our food pantry services to residents of Kalkaska County. This allows all families to enjoy the Christmas season with his or her loved ones.
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Our results
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Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Stats shown are average number of people served each month at our programs as we try to prevent food insecurity to a vulnerable population.
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to provide additional services through our food pantry and community meal site that will increase nutritious foods to families in need while decreasing hunger and food insecurity, with a continued focus of teaching families how to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Our vision will build and advocate awareness of food insecurity, creating lasting relationships with community members and businesses while engaging them in the stated vision and goal of reducing food insecurity by promoting health and wellness to impoverished families in our community.
Increased access to nutritional foods distributed to vulnerable households may become the first vital step in ending hunger for struggling families. This plan will engage community partners in promoting a further reduction in food insecurity, by providing information explaining existing services and collaboration with church and business partners to address root causes of food insecurity. Volunteers and staff will educate people on the importance of nutritional foods for daily living supplying various recipes and techniques for cooking while promoting the program’s success throughout the community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
KAIR continues to search for innovative ways to stretch our dollars to purchase more nutritional foods for families in need. Each year KAIR seeks grant opportunities to help support our mission in providing for a vulnerable population.
Implemented systems overseen by the KAIR board of directors help improve communications in the community, maintain focus on the growth of the program, and aid in determining financial capabilities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources
Board of directorsas of 10/26/2022
Mr. Richard VanBeek
Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources (KAIR)
Randy Lucyk
KAIR VP
Patty Cox
KAIR Treasurer
Andy Bratton
KAIR Board Member
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