Feed the Children
On Friday, June 4, Isaac Bruce teamed up with international hunger relief organization Feed The Children to provide 400 pre-identified families with a 25 pound box of food and a box of personal care items. The distribution took place at the Salvation Army of Broward County. The families were pre-identified by the Salvation Army and the Isaac Bruce Foundation.
The Isaac Bruce Foundation focuses on health, wellness, nutrition, fitness and education. Through his foundation, Isaac reaches out to youth and teaches them at an early age the importance of a healthy lifestyle. The Isaac Bruce Foundation is a Feed the Children partner agency. For more information on the Isaac Bruce Foundation, visit www.isaacbruce.org or call 314-369-4074.
About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2008, Feed The Children distributed more than 133 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing more than 760,000 meals each day. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 119 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.
About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, active in Broward County since 1926, served 15,000 people in 2009. The Salvation Army provides transitional housing to 50 families and 80 individuals who are moving from homelessness to independence. Emergency rent/mortgage assistance and a food pantry support families in financial crisis. The Angel Tree program gives holiday toys to 3000 needy children. Local children/teens benefit from our character building and leadership activities. Seniors enjoy weekly fellowship at the Home League program. For more information go to www.SalvationArmyBroward.org.
For more information, contact: Tiffani Wilson Burris, Isaac Bruce Foundation, 314-369-4074