Homelessness and Hunger seems to have struck a chord!
Posted by Bob Wood on Jun 27, 2016
The Homelessness and Hunger Initiative, started under DG Dave Manzi and continuing on for the next three years has become a popular theme for District 7930 Clubs. President-elects throughout the District have stated in their installation speeches that this will be their focus in the coming year.The District, under Dave Manzi has accomplished a lot in a few short months. We’ve produced an amazing video, the link to which is in the left column of the District Website. We also packed 30,000 meals at the EndHungerNewEngland food packaging event at the Non-Profit Center in Boston during the District Conference. Simultaneously, food packaging was occurring in Lynn, a joint project with other civic organizations, and in Ipswich, where the Ipswich Interact Club worked with the Ipswich Lions Club to package meals as well. The total meals packaged for either local or international consumption on May 14 was around 60,000 meals.
Image at right is the ad that appeared in the Boston Globe North.
In addition, the HHI committee spoke at 22 Clubs in the past year, presenting the video and encouraging advocating for the causes in the State Legislature, and educating about the causes in local communities. The committee also encouraged the Clubs to whom they spoke to apply for a District Grant through the Foundation to do a project of worth in a food pantry or homeless facility. It goes without saying that the committee also suggested generous giving to the Foundation to support these grants in the future.
And finally our ad appeared in Globe North asking the poignant questions, “Did you know?” , then suggesting the reader go to the District website, www.rotary7930.org for more information. Thank you to the Public Image committee for placing that ad showing Rotarians are doing something in our communities, thereby actually being THE Organization to which one should belong.