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WHO WE ARE
Letter from our Foundation President
Dear partners in service ,
Welcome to our first ever KeHE Cares ® Foundation Impact Report ! We hope you ’ ll be encouraged as you read this report , and that you will experience joy knowing you played a critical role in transforming and saving lives all over the world .
Our core purpose as a Foundation , the reason we exist , is “ For people suffering from poverty and abuse and those marginalized and forgotten to experience dignity , grace , justice , and restoration .” Putting this purpose into action always requires incredible serving partners and missional individuals willing to give and to serve sacrificially .
If you ’ re an employee of KeHE , this report represents amazing fruit from your very hard labor , and we are grateful for you . Last year alone you participated in 32 serving events and 17 multi-day trips , and because of your generosity , we were able to donate more than $ 4.2 million towards the marginalized and suffering .
If you are one of our KeHE Cares serving partners , we want to thank you and emphasize how in awe of you we are and how grateful we are to serve alongside you . You are the true heroes in this story !
Our Foundation is built on decades of serving and giving , but with the significant growth of KeHE in the past 10 years , the complexity of the Foundation and our impact have also grown . We expanded our care to three main pillars of activity : Serving & Giving ( see pages 4-7 ), Impact Investing ( pages 8-9 ), and the KeHE Leadership Academy ( pages 10-11 ). These three pillars collectively represent a pathway to dignity and healing . We all need a hand up at one point or another , but fostering whole-person wellness leads to self-reliance , and then to job creation and finally towards personal growth and development as leaders and influencers .
We have begun calling this pathway “ The Good Path To Great Results ,” and it is a journey we are all traveling together . Thank you for coming on the journey with us in 2022 , and please stay with us as we aim for even greater heights in 2023 .
Serving with you ,
Rusty Bland President of the KeHE Cares Foundation