The first
Kids Against Hunger Villages Food Packaging Event is scheduled for Saturday,
October 13, 2012 from 10AM to 2PM at the American Legion Post 347 on Rolling
Acres Road. This event is sponsored by Deliver The Difference/Kids Against
Hunger and we could really use the help of your club. The goal is to raise
$12,500 and package 50,000 meals. In order to accomplish this we need support
from local organizations, businesses, churches and individuals.
Deliver The Difference/Kids Against Hunger is a non-profit
501C3 humanitarian food aid organization that packages a highly nutritious rice
based casserole that is provided to children in need. The 50,000 meals packaged
at The Villages on October 13th will be distributed to hungry children and families in the tri-county area of
Lake, Marion and Sumter counties. The nutrient rich formula was designed by
food scientists and consists of rice, soy protein, 6 dehydrated vegetables, and
21 vitamins and minerals with a vegetarian chicken flavoring. Each meal
provides the key nutrients a hungry child needs to survive. One cup will feed a
starving child for a day. The cost of each meal is 25 cents. Did you know that
in Lake County alone there are over 2900 homeless children?
Please consider having your organization be a part of this
first Villages Kids Against Hunger Food Packaging Event by hosting a fundraiser,
making a donation or volunteering to be on the committee. On October 13th we
will need 300 volunteers to give two hours of their time to help package the
50,000 meals. Registration is being done online beginning September 15th, 2012
at http://www.deliverthedifference.org/.
If you have any questions or I can give you and your organization any additional information, please
contact me at 352-751-7329 or tsshield@yahoo.com. We would greatly appreciate any
help your group could give.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Shield
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