Vance County Schools
For Immediate Release
June 1, 2017
The Student Council of E. M. Rollins Elementary, under the direction of Antoinette Ball, a teacher and Student Council adviser, spearheaded a year-long service project which raised over $3,000. The proceeds were donated to Rise Against Hunger, a non-profit humanitarian relief organization headquartered in Raleigh.
The partnership with Rise Against Hunger was the result of students wanting to learn by doing and wanting to demonstrate service leadership.
The project ended with the finale of a “Meal Packaging” event on May 20 in which over 10,000 meals were packaged with the help of over 80 volunteers from the Henderson and Vance County community. These packaged meals will be sent globally to help stop world hunger.
The accompanying photos show students, school staff members and volunteers as they packaged the meals.
