Imagine dedicating your life to feeding hungry children, only to watch that work collapse under allegations later proven false. Imagine learning decades later that the very community you once helped feed now leads the nation in the number of food-insecure households.
For Carol Doe Porter, that scenario isn’t hypothetical. It’s her story.
Porter and her late husband, Hurt Porter, founded Kid-Care in 1991. Their mission began years earlier.
Using their blue-collar salaries, the couple cooked and delivered meals to hungry children in apartment complexes across Houston. What started as a grassroots effort eventually grew into a nationally recognized nonprofit feeding hundreds of thousands of children annually…