Today my FFA Chapter packaged meals for Kids Against Hunger in Hastings, NE. It's amazing that 32 middle school and high school aged kids could make a difference in just two hours. In just two hours our FFA Chapter packaged 14,700 meals. This is apart of our Holiday Party that our chapter holds for those students who achieved their fruit sales goal. After packaging meals we enjoyed two games of laser tag and pizza. Our meals we packed was most likely going to Haiti. We don't know where the meals we packed go but what we do know that is we helped give food to someone that was in need.
Here are a few facts about Haiti.
- Two and a half million Haitians live in extreme poverty. Haiti is the poorest country in the northern hemisphere.
- Haiti is only five hundred miles from South East Florida. That's like someone driving from Omaha, NE to Denver, CO. Haiti is really not that far from us.
- Two out of three Haitians live on less than $2 US dollars per day.
I'm blessed to be involved in an FFA Chapter that is willing to help others. Even though we don't know the people we are helping. I am thankful we were able to make a difference. Even if it was small.
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| This is the group that helped package all the meals! So glad so many are willing to help. |
Quote: "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others". - Mahatma Gandi
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