Feed Our Rural Kids Expands Reach of Endowment Resources
Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) expands FORK Endowment Fund Mission
The mission of the FORK Endowment is to provide financial support to both FORK managed programs as well as to many programs run by other food support organizations across all of the Northland Pines, Three Lakes, and Phelps School Districts. This mission means that in addition to providing financial resources to fund FORK managed programs, we will also be supporting the best practices of other organizations in our area who are also feeding kids. More than ever our community sees the FORK Endowment as a legacy of hope for generations of kids to come.
“The wonderful thing about the FORK Endowment is that it's built to meet both the needs of children today and tomorrow. We meet the needs of today’s children through our annual distribution of fund assets in support of area organizations that also work to feed children. While we ensure the sustainability of the community's future efforts to feed kids through growth of the fund’s portfolio conservatively invested over time.”
FORK Endowment Committee
Through the FORK Endowment we are able to help meet the chronic long-term financial challenges faced by the nonprofit organizations who provide nutritional support to children from food insecure homes within FORK's jurisdiction.
A simple way for you to understand this is that the FORK Endowment stands as financial security into tomorrow and beyond for all those whose hearts are touched by the nutritional needs of children from food insecure homes.
“This is our Northwoods, It is where we live, work, and play. Together, we can make it a better place to live for children from food insecure homes."
Perry Pokrandt – President of Feed Our Rural Kids
This endowment provides FORK an opportunity to create a sustainable future for children from across an entire northwoods community. That is a reality where organizations from our area can continue their efforts in support of children; but do so with a confidence in the sustainability of their cause.
FORK continues "Phase One" Capital Campaign
Children are hungry everyday, this is why the FORK Endowment was built both for children hungry today, and also for those children who will be hungry tomorrow.
Currently the FORK Endowment is working to raise $1,000,000.00 by February of 2025. This "Phase One" Capital Campaign is our first step in ensuring that the needs of hungry children will continue to be met for decades into the future.
If your heart goes out to children challenged by food insecurity, then join us by contributing online or by mail. The link to donate online is found below.
Individuals who have questions related to FORK's effort to feed children can reach out via email to FORKEndowment@
Or call Perry Pokrandt at 715-410-8167
FORK Endowment
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FORK Endowment
4887 Echo Ridge Drive
Eagle River, WI 54521
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Meet the FORK Endowment Committee
Nancy Schuller
“FORK stands for food security for children today, the FORK Endowment will stand for financial security for those efforts into tomorrow."
Brian Fitz
“As the Business Manager with the Northland Pines School District, my wife has provided me with clear insight into the tremendous impact made by FORK programs through the worst of the pandemic. I personally wanted to be involved in preserving the future those programs as well as other efforts across the community in the future.”
Kathy Schmitz
"As a co-founder of the non-profit Okoa Toto Children’s Home in Kenya, I have always had a passion to help children in difficult circumstances. Now I have the opportunity to be part of an area wide effort to support children from food insecure homes."