Our clients are families living within or attending the Kirkwood R-7 School District including working adults, children, seniors, disabled veterans, underemployed, college students and others who struggle with hunger and poverty.
Kirk Care provides first time food delivery to anyone who calls in hungry. We look at residency and income level for ongoing services.
Clients can have a total household income of up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level defined by current year Internal Revenue Service tables by number of individuals in a family. Total income includes wages, social security, disability, government assistance and other resources. Refer to the Eligibility table above.
Kirk Care is a non-profit organization formed by the Kirkwood Ministerial Alliance. The mission of Kirk Care is to embody compassion and address hunger and poverty by offering food assistance and emergency utility support to low-income families and individuals within the Kirkwood R-7 school district. It is directed and staffed by lay people from the churches within the R-7 school district. Churches, schools, individuals, and many civic organizations in the area contribute to Kirk Care with food and/or money. Kirk Care members take an active role in providing services to those in need for the communities of Kirkwood, Glendale, Warson Woods, Oakland and Des Peres.
Kirk Care offers the community and congregations within the Kirkwood R-7 school district a proven process for helping our neighbors in need.