Together  We  Make  a  Difference    

 

Contact: To interview the Hammers call Rick McNary,VP of marketing

rick@outreachprogram.org Mobile (316) 734-6845 Office (641) 486-2550

           Outreachprgm  

     Hunger-­‐Free  Iowa    

Floyd & Kathy Hammer Bio After  retirement  from  successful  business  careers,  the  Hammers  were  invited  to  the  village  of  Nkungi,  in  Tanzania,  East  Africa  to  assist  a  colleague  with  the  renovation  of  a  leprosy  hospital  by  adding  an  AID’s  hospice.    It  was  there  they  first  witnessed  children  dying  of  starvation.    Kathy  said,  “Floyd  we  have  to  do  something.    We  cannot  allow  these  children  die  like  this!”  They  purchased  two  truckloads  of  maize  and  traded  maize  for  the  beautiful  grass  baskets  made  by  the  Mamas  in  the  village.    

Kathy  then  asked  the  village  leaders  what  they  needed  to  make  their  villages  sustainable.  The  leaders  responded:  safe  water,  food,  medicine  and  education.  Once  again  Kathy  said,  “We  will  help  you!”      

The  Outreach  mission  became  and  remains  the  fulfillment  of  those  Four  Promises:  to  provide  safe  water,  food,  medicine  and  education.    

Since  2004,  Outreach  has  facilitated  the  packaging  of  over  247  million  meals  by  volunteers  across  the  U.S.  and  Canada,  and  all  those  meals  have  all  been  given  away.    They  have  repaired  existing  (well)  bore  hole  pumps,  drilled  new  wells,  and  created  water  purification  systems  both  for  village  and  individual  use.    They  have  built  Children  Centers  and  schools  in  Tanzania  which  provide  mid  day  meals  to  nearly  2,000  children  each  school  day.  They  are  developing  an  8,000  acre  farm  in  Tanzania  for  research  and  demonstration  purposes;  to  help  train  local  smallholder  farmers  to  produce  better  livestock  and  crops.  They  have  taken  over  1,100  medical  professionals  and  support  staff  to  Tanzania  on  medical  missions.    

 Together  We  Make  a  Difference    The  Hammers  business  knowledge  has  grown  the  organization  from  its  roots  in  Union,  Iowa,  into  an  international,  award  winning  organization  with  over  10  million  dollars  of  revenues  and  gifts-­‐in-­‐kind.      

They  received  the  United  Nations  Millennium  Development  Goals  Artist  and  Athletes  Award  in  2013.  

The  Hammers  are  the  recipients  of  the  prestigious  2013,  5000th  Point  of  Light  Award  jointly  presented  by  President  Obama  and  former  President  H.  W.  Bush  at  a  White  House  ceremony.      

On  April  8  of  this  year  Floyd  and  Kathy  were  inducted  into  the  Iowa  Volunteer  Hall  of  Fame,  the  most  prestigious  State-­‐level  honor  volunteers  can  receive.    

They  are  known  as  thought-­‐leaders  in  the  hunger  world  and  recognized  in  the  nonprofit  industry  for  socially  entrepreneurial  innovation.