In 2004 concerted efforts were made to evaluate our hunger relief program to assess if we were meeting nutritional goals and if we understood the health needs of our guests and clientele.  In addition to analyzing our hunger relief outcomes we also felt it necessary to evaluate our phenomenal volunteer program as it is key to the organization’s successful implementation of the provisions of 100,000+  free nutritious meals each year.  The results of that analysis follows. 

A number of homeless and low-income individuals face health problems related to food and nutrition. Many individuals in this socioeconomic group have food security issues. For this reason, agencies such as Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach (MTKO) exist; in an effort to help meet the daily nutritional needs of these individuals, each day of the year. A part of meeting this need is to insure that healthy, well-balanced meals are being offered to individuals who may obtain most of their sustenance from the meals served at MTKO.