Human Services

Nearly 2 billion peopleone third of the world’s population—are malnourished and suffer from inadequate iron, Vitamin A and other essential nutrients. Those most at risk are children.

After they’re weaned from breast milk, many children typically rely on diets heavy on corn, rice and wheat—and they don’t get enough iron. Until recently, the best remedy was iron drops, but these stain teeth and have a very unpleasant taste.

We've written before about the "Chow Wagon" pet food pantry and Animal Friends. I worked with the staff to get one pantry connected with them and it was a pretty seamless process and a real service to the community (and the shelter system to keep pet's from being turned in b/c of food). 

Claudia Mitchell went to Iraq as a United States Marine, and came home safely to Arkansas. That's when she decided to learn how to ride a motorcycle—and a highway accident severed her left arm. At age 23, she had to learn the most basic tasks all over again.