Emmaus East Penn feeding Program exceeds our first fund raising goal!
Our Emmaus Rotary club has once again shown how we all work together to support a community need. When we first started the feeding program the summer of 20 19 at Lincoln and Jefferson Elementary schools, we had no idea what the needs really were. We were providing lunches for roughly 33 children per week. Then………… COVID 19 hit. We continued the program and within a couple of weeks we went from 33 to 50 to 94 to feeding over 200 children/families per week!!!
Now this past school year we have provided over 8500 food bags filled with nutritious food such as, fruit, vegetables, starches, tuna, soup, milk and juice. Each week we have a group of Rotarian volunteers pack and distribute the food.
Our goal for fund raising for this first phase of the food project was to raise $20,000. We initiated a GOFuND ME page, received numerous individual community donations, and a couple of community grants. Additionally we had our Super Bowl Fund raiser and most recently our first ever “Beef ‘n Beer” Cornhole tournament. With the new district grant we have been awarded through the Rotary Foundation our totally fund raising efforts for this worthwhile program will totally over $41,000-hopefully covering us for this next school year.
Thanks to everyone who has helped support our biggest local project!
Sincerely
Cindy Hornaman
