Chiefs help to Stop Hunger Now

Sixth-graders at Cherokee Bend participated in Canterbury UMC’s sixth annual Stop Hunger Now by working shifts packing meals of rice, beans, dehydrated vegetables and vitamin packs for children desperate for nourishment in schools and orphanages in Honduras and Haiti.

Joined by community volunteers such as the Birmingham Barons and Exceptional Foundation, these students helped work toward the goal of 500,000 meals in a three-day period in late January. 

This food packaging event allowed for the local population to serve others and sparked a conversation about world hunger, while increasing awareness and thankfulness.  

Mrs. Curtis, sixth-grade English teacher at Cherokee Bend, leads the Chiefs Hands committee at the school. This group is comprised of sixth-graders who organize opportunities for students to participate in outreach service projects throughout their sixth-grade year. 

This group has partnered with the YWCA and the Community Food Bank and will be working with the Brown Bag Project at Canterbury UMC in the spring.  

–Submitted by Catherine Gasque.