Presidents Report for 2009

   Thank all of you who supported Kookers Kare Inc. Your donations have helped us work towards our mission’s goal in fighting hunger throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.

   This year Kookers Kare donated over 480 turkeys in November to the Harvesters Food Network, which was distributed among families in need throughout the area. We were also able to provide donations to assist three area BBQ contests in their charitable efforts to fight hunger. In 2010 we plan to help a fourth contest in the state of Iowa.

   Our “Winter Funfest” event in February allowed us to raise funds for the March “Charity Smokefest” and provide several hundred pounds of food to the Sugar Creek food pantry.

   In 2009 we started a new program in which we contributed $5000.00 to the Harvesters’ Back-Snack program that addresses the problem of weekend hunger during the school year by providing low-income school children with a backpack, filled with nutritious kid friendly food, to take home at the end of the week. Our donation took care of 25 children for the whole school year.

    We also provided Harvesters with over 6000 lbs of fresh meat, of which 2500 lbs was cooked by local Kansas City Barbecue Society cookers.

   Please know that you have made a difference in the lives of many people through your support of Kookers Kare. Thank you from all of us.

Craig Kidwell
President
Kookers Kare Inc.