#MealsThatMatter15 will build 40,000 meals for victims of ISIS
On Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Gateway Middle School in Maumee, Ohio, area high school students will join together to help erase hunger in one part of the world in an event called #MealsThatMatter15. Student organizations from four area high schools have raised over $10,000 to build 40,000 shelf-stable meals through ISOH Impact’s Kids Against Hunger program. The meals built by students that day will be sent to refugee camps outside Israel threatened by ISIS.
The meal-building initiative has been a collaborative effort between Anthony Wayne, Maumee and Perrysburg Interact Clubs and Eastwood and Perrysburg Key Clubs. Leaders from Interact and Key Club have been meeting regularly to organize the fundraising efforts as well as the logistics for the meal build.
Perrysburg student Lauren Piezer said, “As high school students, the biggest misconception is that we are only the future. We aren’t waiting for the future to make a difference. We are here now and we’re ready to do big things.”
Anthony Wayne Interact advisor Deb Cheney has been meeting with these student leaders and said, “It’s inspiring to see how much can be accomplished by a motivated group of teenagers. These students have worked tirelessly to break down school barriers and organization barriers in the name of making a difference in our world.”
For information about this project please contact Waterville Rotarian and District Governor Nominee Designate Debra Cheney at deb.l.cheney@gmail.com.
