Sanibel School’s Interact Club members recently participated in the Feed My Starving Children event at the Community Church, an event which has become an annual representation of the club’s dedication to live up to the “Service above Self” motto. In just two hours, the Sanibel students, along with other volunteers, pack 118 boxes of food which is an amazing 25,488 meals. That translates into 69 children having a meal for a whole year!
Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian nonprofit hunger relief organization that provides food to help communities in developing countries become self-sustaining. FMSC’s approach is simple: volunteers hand pack scientifically designed meals which are shipped to partners already in operation in nearly 70 countries and used to feed orphanages, clinics, schools, missions and community feeding programs. A sad statistic is that 6,200 children die daily from starvation or related causes, a statistic that could very easily be reduced. It costs just 22 cents to produce each FMSC meal, and has shipped 4,428,925,866
meals to date.
The Sanibel Schools Interact Club is a Rotary-sponsored service club that allows young people an opportunity to participate in fun and meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends. Interact clubs are encouraged to develop and participate in local, national, and international projects. The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club sponsors the Sanibel School Interact Club. The motto of the Interact club is “Service above self”. The name “Interact” is a blend of words “international” and “action” is Rotary International’s service club for students ages 12 to 18.
The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary meets at the Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way and also on zoom. Doors open at 7:30 a.m., the meeting begins at 8:00 a.m. For more information about Rotary, please visit sanibelrotary.org. All are welcome!
