Metropolitan Savannah Rotary's Interact Clubs at St. Andrews School celebrate their annual fundraiser's impact as school adjourns for the year. St. Andrew's School's 9th Annual Empty Bowl Fundraiser, held earlier this year, was Metro's first joint service project with the St. Andrew's School's two Interact Clubs. Together several Metro Rotarians and Interact students supported Children Inspiring Hope by working together to prepare and serve dinner, and with general set up for the event.
Children Inspiring Hope's mission is to connect children cross-culturally though arts and education, to engender a deepened social consciousness and to create compassionate citizens of the world. CIH brings the world into the classroom, bridging minds and hearts, via arts and education projects based on our shared humanity, peace building and Earth stewardship with primary and junior high students.
Amy Gaylor Nedriga, Executive Director for Children Inspiring Hope (CIH), shared with Metro Rotary's President Jasmine Mills, "I am reaching out to you to send gratitude for Metro Rotary's support of the 9th Annual Empty Bowl Dinner at St. Andrew’s, which was the most successful to date, thanks to you all supporting with the dinner. We extend our gratitude to all those present who supported and know you all will also be fulfilled with how far an evening of sharing a meal together can go in creating compassionate global citizens and timely tangible impact! Many of the students reflect in their CIH surveys that Empty Bowl event engagement, both the process of making bowls and coming together as a community, is a highlight of their CIH participation this year. Nearly all students shared that this made them feel like global citizens with compassion for others."
Luke, a 7th grader, reflected: 'My lasting impression is that spending money in the right places can help a lot of people.'
Savannah shared, 'Finding out we were helping to get fresh water really had an impact on me and made me feel grateful for what we have.'
Proceeds so far have impacted:
- 100 people gaining access to clean water through filtrations systems delivered on Easter giving Water to Drink
- Support for 5 students school fees, and meals on campus supporting Chance to Learn
- Constructing of 750 yam beds, and yam seeds supporting Farm to Feed
There are still funds that will be distributed to support all these service projects, and the tangible impact of the lives of our brothers and sisters in Ghana.