Program areas at Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated
Hunger services strives to help residents of newport county move from hunger to health via urgent food services and nutritional counseling and education. July 1, 2023 - june 30, 2024, 5,860 individuals were served through our various hunger relief programs. Our breakfast program, the only daily meal site in newport county, served 33,352 meals to 943 individuals. Our feed a friend pantry provided groceries, personal care, health and beauty and household items which included a total of 1,156,353 meals to 3,162 families through our food2friends delivery, mobile food pantry, school pantries, holiday distributions and produce to the people programs. The client choice pantry is open 5 days each week including one evening per week. Clients receive healthy, seasonal produce through partnerships with local farms, purchases and donations twice weekly at three separate locations. Our Community lunch program offers a grab-n-go soup and sandwich three times per week which distributed 43,200 servings last year.
Community programs - varied programs are available to newport county residents that educate, empower, raise awareness, and address Community concerns. These include twice monthly senior lunch & learn, livfit nutrition and fitness classes, and Community dinners twice monthly. Nutrition educaton/counseling is offered to all clients free of charge. Our client employment program offers clients the ability to work at a parking lot managed by us to gain work experience and seasonal income.
Childcare/educational services - dhs licensed preschool, after school and summer camp programs are delivered in a literacy and science-based environment. Our programs provide low income working parents with a safe and nurturing place to care for their children during the workday. Our education programs support the academic and social-emotional success of the children.