150 volunteers help Rotary pack 15,000 meals on World Food Day
Staff Reports
SAN MARCOS – More than 150 volunteers came from San Antonio all the way to Georgetown to help the Rotary Club of San Marcos pack 15,000 meals on World Food Day, Saturday, October 16.
Rotarians packing food. From left: Ron Brown, Sue Cobb, Jimmy Cobb, Ben DuncanThe event was held in the gymnasium of the First Lutheran Church on Holland Street in San Marcos. It was a partnership between Rotary and the international nonprofit Rise Against Hunger.
The meals will be shipped to people in East Africa. Rotary also collected nonperishable food and cash donations for the Hays County Food Bank.
There were many student volunteers from Texas State. Some are members of the Rotaract Club at the university, a student Rotary organization. Others volunteered as a class service project.
Rotarians from Kyle, Wimberley, New Braunfels and San Antonio also helped, as did members of local churches, veterans, Boy Scouts and other groups. The project was funded by local donations and a grant from Rotary District 5840, which serves South Central Texas.
The Rotary Club of San Marcos is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious. It was founded in 1921 and celebrates 100 years of service to San Marcos on December 1.
Nice story, but why not do a story on School Fuel. Right here in our own backyard, school fuel packs 1000 bags every week for the kids in the San Marcos School District who don’t have enough to eat.
Donations vs. volunteering… Personally, I’d rather hear about individuals volunteering their time to help each other out. But linked below are a couple of sites you can review to find out more about School Fuel.