FFCC gave me a purpose and passion for humanitarian work abroad and in my own backyard. This grassroots organization opened my eyes to the world beyond my own and the little difference I could make. FFCC valued me as a leader, regardless of my young age and empowered me to use my gifts to participate in their projects. The board truly cares about the work they do and they do not get involved in a project unless their heart is in it. FFCC teaches a man to fish rather than just giving those they serve fish.
Review from Guidestar
Don't we all have a dream? My dream is to help solve the problem of hunger in the world. Yes, because 40,000 children die of starvation every day. I want to do something more than just feeling sorry about it.
Friends and Family Community Connection is a wonderful organization that has given my family and I the opportunity to package food for kids in need in our community as well as in Tanzania, Haiti and other parts of the world where the need for food is big. And it is not any food: it is a combination of very nutritious ingredients such as rice, dehydrated vegetables and chicken flavorings which is fortified with protein and 21 vitamins and minerals. Each food package, developed by scientists at Cargill, Pillsbury, General Mills and ADM can be cooked in boiling water within 20 minutes. I like FFCC because it brings together the whole community to help solve a problem that is still devastating. To know that a child in the Third World dies every six seconds because of lack of essential nutrition is not only heartbreaking, it's unacceptable. FFCC is doing somehting about it and thanks to this organization some kids are now able to survive. Everybody should know, because FFCC gives an enormous opportunity to help solve the problem of hunger.