LITTLETON ROTARY FOUNDATION & ARTY’S FRIDAY FOOD BAGS

Club member, Dale Flowers, has long been one of the volunteers in the literacy program called I Can Read at Littleton Public School’s Centennial Academy. Designed to strengthen reading skills of elementary school students, it affords an opportunity for Rotarians to interact with children who often have little or no parental support at home. On learning that a significant number of these children take advantage of free breakfast and lunch programs at school, Dale was appalled to learn that many of them have little or nothing to eat over the weekend.

 

Through the efforts of two remarkable women concerned about this problem, a small food bank was established to provide bags of non-perishable food items for these children to take home after school on Fridays. Arty’s Friday Food Bags program was born, named after the school mascot – a horse named Arty.

Dale alerted the Littleton Rotary Foundation of the pressing needs of this food bank and on Tuesday, November 18, on behalf of the Foundation, Dale presented Centennial Academy with a check for $1,000. That money will help to ensure Arty’s Friday Food Bags can continue to help sustain students in difficult situations.