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This project is NOT our priority project. The backpack project is our priority project.
Three years ago the Holdrege Rotary Club, in partnership with the Phelps County Ministerial Association, hosted its first MobilePack for Feed My Starving Children.
Last year 950 volunteers packed 272,000 meals which were shipped to Haiti.
This year our goal is to raise $59,900 in order to pack 277,000 life-saving meals.
Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)is a Christian non-profit founded in 1987. FMSC tackles world hunger by sending volunteer-packed, nutritious meals to an estimated 70 countries, where they are used to operate orphanages, schools, clinics and feeding programs to break the cycle of poverty and hunger. Last year the charity welcomed 657,000 volunteers to pack 163 million meals in 33 states. FMSC spends 92% of total donations directly on feeding the hungry and has maintained the highest four-star ranking from Charity Navigator for eight consecutive years.
The Holdrege Rotary Club and the Phelps County Ministerial Association have been successful in raising money and providing volunteers in order to host two events. The outpouring of money and time has been incredible in our area. Each year our group has been able to raise the entire amount for the mobile pack prior to the event. We already have $14,000 in seed money for the event and our club will contribute $1,000.
The 2015 Mobile-Pack will take place on August 21-22 at the Phelps County Ag Building in Holdrege, Nebraska. Packing the specific number of meals designated for 2015 will allow the Holdrege Rotary Club to designate which country they would like the Mobile-Pack to be sent.
MobilePacks enable children and adults to participate in global work. In Phelps County, church and civic groups as well as, youth groups, schools and families join forces in teamwork and unity in order to make a real difference in the problem of hunger. FMSC provides guidance and logistics while the donors and volunteers provide funds and labor to produce the meals.
The Holdrege Rotary Club and the Phelps County Ministerial Association are confident that the remaining needed funds will be raised within our county based on contributions from previous years.
We estimate that more than 30% of our Rotary club members volunteer to pack meals. Well over 50% of our club members contribute financially to this project.
Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed)
Our club met our goal of raising $59,900 in order to pack 277,000 meals for Feed My Starving Children.
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