Kids Against Hunger Service Project
Our Program on December 17th was our Annual Kids Against Hunger Service Project at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. The large turn-out had a brief opening with Greeter and Opening Marshal Tim Liftin. Event organizer Karen Frazier provided snacks and water in lieu of lunch as the regular lunch cost will go towards funding the packaging of meals and shipping costs. The Kids Against Hunger Staff including Ross McGlasson gave the group a brief orientation and then the Excelsior Rotarians sprang into action knowing that they wanted to beat the Morning Club and also surpass last year’s packing of 6,996 meals.
The packaging of meal packages is quite a production. The Excelsior Rotarians were organized into five groups. Each group worked as a team to combine ingredients into meal packages that were weighed and sealed and then packed into boxes. Each meal package feeds 6 people. There are 36 meal packages in each box. This year our Rotarians pulled out all of the stops and packed 49 boxes! That is incredible and we set a new record for ourselves by providing 10,584 meals at our meeting!
Thank you to everyone that took part in the Kids Against Hunger Project. In addition to this year’s packaging efforts the Excelsior rotary also donated $2,000 to Kids Against Hunger West Metro as part of the upcoming Frazier Presidency.