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Fight Malnutrition Club starts at BYU
College students at BYU Provo have started a Fight Malnutrition club on campus. Here are some of the activities they are doing... -A hunger banquet with live music and food. - A movie night that...
Brad Walker excerpt from the Salt Lake Tribune
"On a return trip in 1983 to Ecuador, where Walker had served his church mission, he saw a woman he had baptized coughing up blood. Her tuberculosis could be cured with a $200 treatment, but she...
BYU Public Health Team In Peru
The BYU public health professors just visited Peru to help with malnutrition screenings and to help coordinators prepare to teach the health lessons. At first glance, the health lessons might seem...
2021 Highlights
Below are our highlights from 2021. You can read a more detailed report here.
Guatemala NutriTour Visits Families
We had a very busy but immensely rich immersive experience in Guatemala, screening families in churches and large homes, visiting individual families in their homes; visiting markets, gardens, civic...
Sunstone Symposium Booth
For several years, Bountiful Children has had a booth at the Sunstone Symposium held in Salt Lake City whenever they have had a live event. Bob Rees usually speaks in some of the classes and will...
2020 Highlights
You can read a more detailed report here.
Peru NutriTour Brings Cognitive Stimulation Toys
View photos here. “I can’t wait to go again. I can’t compare that experience to anything else I have done. It was worth every penny.” In its 12-year history, Bountiful Children, a nonprofit focused...
2019 Highlights
Below are our highlights from 2019. You can read a more detailed report here.
Donor Appreciation Dinner
Donors and friends of the foundation enjoyed a delicious meal at Molly's Restaurant in Provo. "Without many hands doing a lot of work we couldn't achieve nearly what we have been able to achieve,"...
Guatemala NutriTour Increases Conviction
Volunteers went to Guatemala on a NutriTour. They were able to render service in helping with screenings for malnutrition, visiting families to bring them hope, and visit several tourist sites....
Madagascar NutriTour
By Bob Rees - Vice President, Co-Founder, Board of Directors In Antanaravio (“Tana”), the capital of Madagascar, from 1:00 to 3:00 Saturday afternoon we conducted our first screening of about twenty...
2018 Highlights
Each month we provide supplements for between 11,000 and 12,000 children. We also provide nutrition for over 1000 pregnant and lactating mothers each month. We screen children every six months by...
Traeger Cooking Event
Held at the Traeger Grill headquarters in Salt Lake City, this event featured Bountiful Children's Foundation. Guests saw a video about Bountiful and watched five cooking demos. Three Bountiful...
Kiribati NutriTour
By Jessica Wilkinson “When something goes completely askew in your day – some unexpected event knocks down your plans– burst into blessing, for life is teaching you a lesson. The very event you feel...
Guatemala NutriTour Installs Cook Tops
Another group of volunteers have made the trek to Guatemala and back to participate in our 2018 Humanitarian Nutritour! Here is a snippet of the trip through the eyes of one of our participants: "I...
Bake Sale to Benefit Bountiful
Hosting a bake sale is a great way to make a positive impact. Read Laura's story to see how easy it is to get your whole family involved in supporting kids all over the globe. Laura's kids made all...
Hunger Banquet in Cedar Hills Utah
Banquet attendees divided into groups: 20% represented the high-income tier 30% represented the middle-income tier 50% represented the low-income tier, those in poverty We also had a silent auction...
Bountiful Begins Work in Haiti
Regine lives with her family in the beautiful country of Haiti. Their water supply comes from what they can collect off their roof, and they have no electricity. The poverty in Haiti can be seen...
Lessons To Teach Kids About Hunger
Guest Post by Becky of kidworldcitizen 6 LESSON PLANS TO TEACH YOUR KIDS ABOUT HUNGER AND GLOBAL FOOD INSTABILITY: 1. Heifer International offers a wonderful visual lesson about our nation’s...
Inspirational Must Reads
We just finished these great reads-and we know you’ll love them too. Check them out, and if you read them let us know! 1. The Promise of a Pencil This story fascinated me. Adam Braun tells us how...
Coordinator Training in Paraguay
The BYU team along with two of BCF’s local coordinators. In January, myself (Adrian Glover) and fellow BYU students Brenden Garrett, Westin Wong and McKay Rentz along with professors Josh West, Ben...
Malnutrition in Viru, Peru
he following article was originally published in the Meridian Magazine here. Helping Malnourished Latter-day Saint Children in Peru Robert A. Rees, Vice President and Co-Founder of the Bountiful...
World Cultural Fair in Murray Utah
We had a wonderful time showing the diversity that there is around the world. There were crafts, food, prizes, a silent auction, and cultural performances. It was fun for all. Thank you for helping...
Ghana Screening Results
In June, the Bountiful Children's Foundation screened children in Ghana for malnutrtion. From the results below, you can see the nutritional status of children varies by area but over half of the...
Guatemala NutriTour
Here are some pictures from our 2017 Guatemala Humanitarian NutriTour. Join our Bountiful NutriTour Facebook page here.Mike and Jody with Gloria Rosales who oversees all our programs in Guatemala...
Children in the Philippines Report
Throughout this past year, over 5800 children were evaluated by the Foundation in the Philippines for under-nutrition. The majority of these children are undernourished as seen in the chart...
Thank you letters from Bolivia
"Today I am very happy that I have the opportunity to thank you for the great help you gave me so that my little Violet can overcome the difficulties that she had with her growth. With satisfaction...
Peru Christmas NutriTour
Cusco Screening and Christmas Party. Just before Christmas, BCF led a Nutritour to Peru. The Nutritour began in Lima and ended in Cusco. Here is a summary from Angela Johnson on her experience as...
Hunger Banquet in Lehi Utah
A fun, touching, and powerful experience for the whole family! What kind of food do the hungry in poor countries eat? What do they do for work? What is it like to be hungry through no choice of your...