#MealsThatMatter15 - Perrysburg Interact in Action!

On Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Gateway Middle School in Maumee, Ohio, Perrysburg Rotary and the Perrysburg High School Interact Club joined with other Interactors and Rotarians to help erase hunger in one part of the world in an event called #MealsThatMatter15. Student organizations from four area high schools have raised over $10,000 to build 40,000 shelf-stable meals through ISOH Impact’s Kids Against Hunger program. The meals built by students that day have been sent to refugee camps outside Israel threatened by ISIS.

The meal-building initiative has been a collaborative effort between Anthony Wayne, Maumee and Perrysburg Interact Clubs and Eastwood and Perrysburg Key Clubs. Leaders from Interact and Key Club have been meeting regularly to organize the fundraising efforts as well as the logistics for the meal build.

Perrysburg student Lauren Piezer said, “As high school students, the biggest misconception is that we are only the future. We aren’t waiting for the future to make a difference. We are here now and we’re ready to do big things.”

Anthony Wayne Interact advisor and District Governor Nominee Designate Deb Cheney has been meeting with these student leaders and said, “It’s inspiring to see how much can be accomplished by a motivated group of teenagers. These students have worked tirelessly to break down school barriers and organization barriers in the name of making a difference in our world.”

Hallie Nagel was the Rotarian leader for this event and worked with Prak Naik, Pat Amico, Kerri Adams, Greg Archambeau, and Julie Roberts  along with their spouses and children and nearly a dozen PHS students on this build.  Check out the photo album posted to our Club Facebook page to see this group in action!