Hungry to Help

Another thing that has to get done at this time of year is the 4H state project. The theme this year is "4H: Hungry to Help". Our club has been promoting helping the hungry each month with a new project. One month we packed backpacks for kids who will go hungry over the weekend. Another time they went to visit the homeless with Angel Cops to protect them. They gave the homeless people some food that they could eat without preparation required. We had a food drive at a local grocery and donated the food to this food bank. My family sponsored packing lunches for the homeless shelter, and another family decided to gather 100 pounds of food over a few months and deliver it to the food bank. This was our final project, delivering all of the foods and helping pack and shelve things at the food bank.

This humungous box was full of egg noodles. The kids had to measure them into a ziploc bag and pack them in boxes. Then the boxes of noodles will be shipped to local food banks that help in our area. As you can see the box was about 4 feet tall!!!

This is #2 by the stack of noodle boxes. I think they said we packed 30 boxes.
I like being able to help the communitty through our efforts with 4H. It is a way our family can learn to help others and enjoy being together at the same time. this week we finished writing up the boys' individual projects for the state project. #1 had a Free-Rice-A-Thon to raise grains of rice for the UN's World Food Program. #2 raised money for Heifer International to help send animals to poor people around the world. Good job Guys!