Sixth grade students Brayden Hudnut, Mackenzie Talbert and Allison Wheeler work on counting the money they collected from free will donations. (Abby Clark photo)
by Natalie Kirton
With 13 percent of U.S. citizens living in poverty, the sixth grade SPRINT class hosted a soup dinner to raise awareness of hunger in America. The dinner, called Empty Bowls, was held on May 4 in the high school study hall from 5-7 p.m.
Community members arrived with hearty appetites and left with satisfied stomachs, both physically and emotionally knowing the money they gave for hand painted bowls would be donated to the Montezuma Food Pantry.
Planning for the Empty Bowls event began before Christmas break. After the elementary Parent Advisory Committee provided money for needed materials, the sixth grade class went straight to work.
Each student hand painted a rice bowl, helped coordinate details for the event, and got the word out to the community. By working so hard together, the sixth grade class raised $485 dollars for the Food Pantry.
These students also accomplished a greater goal by helping to raise awareness of hunger in America.
When one thinks of starving people around the world, they normally think of third-world countries and less thriving parts of the continent. Empty Bowls is a reality check that there are people in our own neighborhoods who also go to bed hungry.
Those at the heart of this event were SPRINT students Hannah Beeken, Alana Fahlenkamp, Shane Helm, Brayden Hudnut, Grant Johnson, Tyler Meyer, Kennedy Phillips, Allison Wheeler, Cole Cameron and instructor Abby Clark, who participated in an Empty Bowls event herself during college.
Sixth grader Grant Johnson said, “I think the event went really well. We all learned something and I would love to do it again.”
The sixth grade class would like to thank Marie Boulton, Kris Ferguson, Debbie Iverson, Shelly Long, Liesl Roorda, Anita Seitstra, Alice Taylor and Cathe Wilson for donating the various soups for the dinner.
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