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Dear Forestville Elementary School families,
We wanted to encourage you to sign up to volunteer and donate for our annual Langley Pyramid Rise Against Hunger event! This is a wonderful Langley pyramid tradition, and we want to make sure our families have the opportunity to participate. Each school has a unique sign-up page, so if you have children in multiple schools, please pick the individual schools in which your children attend and sign them up to volunteer. Elementary-age students must have an adult sign up as well. Click here to sign up to volunteer.
Last year’s Rise Against Hunger event was a huge success and provided a wonderful service-learning opportunity for children and adults of all ages. Families in the Langley Pyramid are joining together to help children in need. In partnership with Rise Against Hunger, the elementary, middle and high schools in the Pyramid are coming together on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Colvin Run Elementary School to prepare 100,000 meals for schools and orphanages around the world.
Highlights of Rise Against Hunger’s Mission
- Nourish Lives- ensure the meals distributed by those partners are used as a tool to change lives by promoting education, improving students’ health and nutrition, addressing gender inequalities, stimulating economic growth and fighting child labor.
- Respond to Emergencies- food distribution in response crises–both natural and man-made.
- Empower Communities- bolster agricultural production and incomes through programs promoting improved agricultural methods, business skills, and market access
A Forestville Elementary testimonial:
“It was refreshing to take part with my former students and learn more about the program and organization. An outreach to volunteer is a commitment to pay it forward and lead by example for me as a professional educator. Knowing the few hours I donated will be making a difference in other’s lives and possibly lowering the death rate related to hunger is humbling. Thank you for all you do.”
Help raise money for the event: Donations end January 24th
We can only package the number of meals we purchase, so please donate to help us reach our 100,000 meals goal by January 24th. Each meal costs only 34 cents to make. For $5, you can donate nearly 15 meals; $15 will make nearly 50 meals and $50 will make nearly 150 meals. Make your tax-deductible donation today at http://events.stophungernow.org/LangleyPyramid2020. In order to reach our goal of 100,000 meals, the Langley Pyramid needs to raise $34,000. If your company makes matching contributions, please consider having them join you in making a tax-deductible donation today at: http://events.stophungernow.org/LangleyPyramid2020 and help us Rise Against Hunger.
Each student is encouraged to donate loose change or money that they earn and wish to donate to Rise Against Hunger. Additionally, on Wednesday, January 8th, your child will bring home a collection box in which they can start to save money to be donated in January as part of our “Learn to Earn” fundraising efforts. “Learn to Earn” is the initiative we promote to encourage students to earn money they would like to donate by: taking on additional chores, setting aside part of their allowance, helping shovel snow, or any innovative way they can think. This initiative also provides them the opportunity to make a choice to keep that extra money or to donate part of it towards a greater good. Students will have the opportunity to bring in any money they would like to donate in January 2020. Forestville Elementary School parents and families are also encouraged to donate to help us reach our Langley pyramid goal. Our goal will be reached if every child donated $5.00.
Volunteer for the event: (Sign up opens today!!!)
Volunteers must register for the event and pick a time slot in which to volunteer. Enter "Quantity" as the number of volunteers attending. If for any reason you need to cancel, please cancel through the Sign-up Genius to make those slots available to other Forestville Elementary families. Registration to volunteer opens Tuesday, January 7th. Being a popular Langley pyramid event, please sign up as volunteer slots will fill up quickly. Children ages 4-12 must be accompanied by an adult. On the day of the event, volunteers package meals based on the amount of money raised, so it is recommended that if you wish to volunteer for the event, please make a monetary donation.
Please email LangleySHN@gmail.com if you have any questions.
This is a great event for the whole family! Don't miss out.
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