Monday, May 9, 2011

Community Service!! Feed My starving Children!!

It was such a great experience. This organization helps feed millions of children in several countries.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ6SuCzSt7w&feature=player_embedded#at=23 
This video along with others is very touching. On this page there are more videos http://www.fmsc.org/page.aspx?pid=535 
After watching this video it reminded me of when we were talking about social class. We are born into a certain social class and it is very hard and almost unrealistic to move up in social class. It is said knowing this especially after watching how these children have been affected by the social class they were born into. I was so touched by the video and the impact I could make on these children. When You first arrive they show a video and we were able to see a little boy named Toussaint who was near death when he started receiving these meals. He was 14 months old, but he looked like a little infant that was born early.  It was amazing to see this difference; after one month of eating these meals he was thriving and looked like a healthy little boy.  This was my sixth or seventh time doing feed my starving children. It is so much fun and always makes me feel better knowing that by spending three hours of my day I was able to save so many lives. My favorite part is in the end when they count up all the boxes that you did and tell you how many children you saved. This time when I was there we were able to package 44 boxes. Creating 9,504 meals which feed 26 kids for an entire year! That is amazing to me knowing that I could help 26 kids by giving up just a few hours of my time. Community service is such a great way for us to help our community. I love being able to go there and help out. I would much rather spend my time at an amazing organization like this than sitting at home on the computer or watching TV. I love how even though we aren't able to actually interact with those we are affecting it was nice to be able to see the pictures and the changes we made. I can't wait to go back again and hear how many kids I can help by doing so little.

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