Join 80 volunteers from Waterbury and the Mad River Valley at Harwood Union High School to package meals to be delivered to school feeding programs in developing countries through Rise Against Hunger, a nonprofit growing a global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives and responding to emergencies. All volunteers must pre-register! To learn more and sign up, visit https://bit.ly/MRVRotary-Rise-Harwood.
Food insecurity has been one of our club’s primary areas of focus this year both in the Valley and beyond. Global hunger is a pressing problem, one that is expected to be especially severe due to the disruption of agricultural production in Ukraine, a major supplier of corn, wheat, sunflower oil and other food commodities. Besides helping hungry people eat, meals delivered to schools provide strong incentives for families to send their children to school, where the meal there may be their only meal. Encouraging school attendance helps lift the literacy rate, a key requirement for breaking the cycle of poverty.To learn more and sign up as a volunteer, visit https://bit.ly/MRVRotary-Rise-Harwood. For questions or to learn about other ways to help or donate, contact MaryJo Spiegel at mrvrotary@gmail.com. See you there!!