BREEDLOVE DEHYDRATED FOODS
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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP WORLD HUNGER AND NATURAL DISASTER RELEIF....

$3.62 WILL PROVIDE 100 SERVINGS
THIS ORGANIZATION HAS SHIPPED 2.25 MILLON SERVINGS OF FOOD TO THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA AND IS PREPARING FOR RITA AS I TYPE THIS. BELOW IS A REQUEST FOR DONATIONS AND STATISICS.


Breedlove Dehydrated Foods
1818 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Lubbock, Texas 79403
806-741-0404***Fax: 806-741-0447

Request for Support

September 22, 2005
Background
Breedlove Dehydrated Foods is a one-of-a-kind non-profit organization based in Lubbock, Texas. As a hunger relief organization, Breedlove processes, blends, packages, warehouses, and orchestrates hunger relief efforts both internationally and here at home. Breedlove has been responding to ongoing disaster relief needs in the Gulf Coast Areas, initially due to Hurricane Katrina. Breedlove is seeking funding to continue those efforts, to provide assistance to those that will be affected by Hurricane Rita, and the long-term needs of those affected by these two catastrophic events. The following table outlines the Breedlove Food produced and shipped to-date and the lead partnering organizations:
Organization Salvation Army of Lubbock/Houston
Houston, TX
NUMBER OF SERVINGS: 3,000

Salvation Army of Lubbock/Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
NUMBER OF SERVINS: 734,400

Mississippi Baptist Men
Biloxi, MS
NUMBER OF SERVINGS: 21,600

West Texas Council of Assembly of God Churches
Gulf Coast Area, MS
NUMBER OF SERVINS: 54,000

CIS Church Development Fdn/ Salvation Army of Lubbock/Houston
Houston, TX
NUMBER OF SERVINGS: 950,400

United Methodist Church of Graham, TX / Salvation Army of Baton Rouge
Franklinton, LA
NUMBER OF SERVINS: 43,200

Healing Hands International
New Orleans, LA
NUMBER OF SERVINGS: 442,800

TOTAL OF:
8 Organizations in
7 Affected Areas
2,249,400 Total Servings

As financial resources have been stretched to almost non-existence locally, Breedlove has been left vulnerable to be able to maintain ongoing disaster relief and any unforeseen events in the near future.
Breedlove’s Request
Breedlove is requesting funding from multiple potential donors for the processing/packaging, warehousing, and distribution of Breedlove Food Aid for ongoing disaster response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Breedlove has identified food needs to be a minimum of $900,000.
Ongoing Disaster Response
§ Costs to process, packaging, warehouse and distribute those items range between $0.04 and $0.20 per serving. $1.00 will provide approximately 20 servings of Breedlove Food Aid.
§ Breedlove has accumulated a database of freight donors for the relief response.
§ Breedlove has multiple food aid items beyond our simple Harvest Pro Vegetable Blend (potato, rice, carrot, onion, and protein soup mix) that will be made available to agencies upon request.
§ Breedlove will partner with Barbara Anderson and the Texas Association of Food Banks(19 locations) to deploy shipments of food when and where it is needed. Additional partners will be identified.
§ Texas Food Banks have requested the initial need for 18 truckloads of Breedlove Food Aid, representing 15 to 20 million servings of food.
§ With this funding, Breedlove will be able to respond to requests for food immediately. Our goal is to have a response time of "driving time" to make delivery in the first few hours, then a "24-hour" response time after the first day of the aftermath.