Starting school, learning to read and write,
perhaps getting the training wheels taken of your bike; these are big events
that happen to people around age five. Unfortunately, while dealing with
exciting life experiences like this, many five year-olds, and children of all
other ages, in our community are also suffering from hunger. Normally one would
expect a person concerned with solving this issue to be an adult, but don’t
tell that to Addison White, a spunky five-year-old from Winfield. When Addison found out that there were needy children who
would desperately need food in the summertime, when families no longer receive
subsidized lunches from the schools, she really wanted to help. In fact,
Addison is so enthusiastic about helping the needy that when she saw a flyer of
ours advertising our Summer “Feed the Kids Program,” her mother, Jill White,
tells us that Addison wanted to start collecting food “that very instant.”
Addison managed to collect
four large bags full of food for the needy children we serve, by asking her
friends and neighbors. She even made her own flyer (pictured above) advertising
her drive to her neighbors which read, “I am collecting food for kids that need
food for the summer. Thank you for the help, Love Addison.” Addison
also donated gifts to the needy kids in our Children’s Birthday Project two
months ago, when she asked the attendees of her fifth birthday party to give
donations rather than gifts.
We want to thank Addison’s
mother Jill, her neighbors and friends, and, of course, Addison herself for
donating this wonderful food. Addison is a
living example of how people of all ages and walks of life can make a
difference in their community. If you, like Addison, would like to help HSP in
our endeavor to provide 250 pounds of food in June, July, and August for
100-150 needy families through our Feed the Kids program, you can learn more
from our website: https://www.humanitarianservice.org/whatwedo/feedthekids.html
or call us at 630-221-8340.
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