Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK)
The mission of Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) is to provide nutritional support to children from food insecure homes within the Northland Pines, Three Lakes, and Phelps School Districts.
FAMILY FOOD HELPLINE Vilas & Oneida County
The Family Food Helpline gives area residents a road map to locally available 'Free Food' programs, that will make their household's food insecurity easier to navigate.
When you need food, you can get help, just call the Family Food Helpline.
Stay Connected with FORK
“Keeping people informed about FORK's free food support programs, as well as providing the community with details of our collaborative 'food for kids' partnerships is literally our biggest challange. What we see as one of the most important tools in this task is FORK’s annual newsletter.”
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“Take what you need, Give what you can!”
The program provides children a 'free food' resource during their school day and provides families a year-round, 5 day a week, emergency 'food cupboard'.
FORK Legacy Fund provides financial stability and long-term sustainability to both Feed Our Rural Kids Inc, as well as other local childhood nutrition support programs.
Latest News
CashFORKids begins August 1
Feed Our Rural Kids 6th annual CashFORKids fundraiser begins Friday, Aug. 1st and runs through Aug. 31st. CashFORKids is FORK’s largest fundraising event. Its goal is to raise necessary funds to provide nutritional support for children from food insecure homes across the Northland Pines, Three Lakes and Phelps school districts. “Once again, the fundraiser will…
FORK Legacy Fund Reaches ‘Phase ONE’ Goal
My name is Perry Pokrandt, and I am President of a local nonprofit organization called Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK). Within this article, I’d like to speak about the progress we have made related to our organizational endowment, FORK’s Legacy Fund. FORK was established in May 2019 to provide nutritional support to students from food-insecure…
“Stick It To Hunger”
Helping local families experiencing food insecurity has been the goal of Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) since its inception. Part of providing that aid involves spreading information on services the program offers, which is why, in 2022, FORK collaborated with the Vilas and Oneida County Departments of Human Services to create FORK’s Family Food Helpline…
Support FORK
Children in Vilas and Oneida County are 19.86% more likely to be food insecure that the average child in Wisconsin.(Feeding America)
Your donation in any amount is appreciated and will help FORK ensure that hunger will not stand in the way of success for any child. Thank You!
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Feed Our Rural Kids, Inc.
4887 Echo Ridge Drive
Eagle River, WI 54521