Changing the World by Feeding Starving Children

My change the world project was about starvation in Africa. Since I couldn't actually go to Africa, I found the next best thing. Feed My Starving Children is a volunteer place in Libertyville. I went to Feed My Starving Children because I figured out that they send food to a bunch of different countries including some in Africa. My experience there was very memorable. It was nothing what I thought it would be like. When I first heard of the place, my first thoughts were we'll just be packaging food, but I was very wrong. It turns out that we actually make the food, then package it. There are different tables and at each table there are different stations. My job was the scooper, so I scooped up the food and put it in a bag. The food that we put into the bags was all the ingredients children needed. Veggies, Vitamins, Grains, and Rice. Feed My Starving Children was also a lot more fun than I expected. They blasted music, so you could sing or dance along. Teamwork was another important part. You could make up team cheers and you have to work together to get the job done. Overall, I had an awesome time and I would defiantly do it again some time soon.

SMS Girls Volenteer at Stand Up for Kids!

 

Sarah Gertz, Abby Goldberg, Abby Knaus, and I all went to Stand Up for Kids Chicago. Stand Up for Kids is an organization for homeless teens to hang out, eat dinner, and get their nessesites. They go to this organization because they are too old for a homeless kids shelter and too young for an adult shelter. Therefore, there is really nowhere for them to go. When we were volenteering Sarah and I checked in the teens that went in there. We asked them if they could sign their given name, chosen name (if they didn't like their given name they got to choose one), and if they had a smartphone or not for a new app that alerts them when the shelter is open and other things. On the other side of the shelter Abby and Abby were making dinner plates and pouring drinks into cups to serve. About halfway through we switched jobs. Nearing the end we handed out a quiz about Chicago and it's history. They were allowed to look up the answers on their phones or computer. When they got all of the answers right they won a scratch ticket. When we left I felt very good inside because I had made a change.