Our strategic passion

Nourishing the Future

Access to food is a basic need that must be met before anyone can achieve their full potential. Food insecurity is a major problem in every community. The Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation supports strategic partners Dare to Care Food Bank and Feeding Kentucky to provide nourishment to the 1 in 8 Kentuckians who are food insecure.

Dare to Care Food Bank (Louisville, KY)

Dare to Care Food Banks’ (DTC) mission is to lead our community to feed the hungry and conquer the cycle of need.

On Thanksgiving Eve in 1969, nine-year-old Bobby Ellis died of malnutrition in his Louisville home. Our stunned Kentuckiana community took action and created Dare to Care Food Bank, to ensure that no one in our community lacks enough food to live an active, healthy life.

Dare to Care partners with local social service agencies, such as food pantries, shelters, health care systems, and emergency kitchens to distribute food to our community. In the past year, Dare to Care and its partners provided 21.7 million meals to our community. The Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation partners with the food bank to specifically fund the Parkland Community Kitchen, which provides hot and healthy meals to over 30 out-of-school sites every single day. When children are nourished, they are able to learn, grow, and reach their full potential. 

FEeding Kentucky (State of KY)

Feeding Kentucky’s mission is to end hunger, in collaboration with Kentucky’s Feeding America Food Banks and partners, through advocacy and resource development.

Feeding Kentucky’s seven-member food banks serve all 120 Kentucky counties in partnership with a network of over 800 local food pantries and shelters. They reach an estimated 1 in 7 of all Kentuckians each year.

Last year, their members distributed 96 million pounds of food and grocery products, which was enough to supply 79 million meals for our struggling neighbors. For more information about where food is distributed, check out this map showing pounds distributed per regional food bank.