OUR IMPACT
What started as a three-year project with five other Rotary clubs became a new service called the Student Hunger Task Force. Since 2014, the program packs meals for children in the Twin Cities metro area who face food shortages and hunger over the weekends. Distributed confidentially, the meals ensure students, ranging from elementary school to high school, don't have to worry about food at home.
One of SMME's recurring partners, ICA Food Shelf, participates in the USPS Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to collect canned goods for the Greater Minneapolis area. SMME members help every year to unload and sort the donations. SMME continues to support ICA with its annual Summer Sizzle fundraising event.
Friends of Ngong Road (FONR) empowers children living in poverty in Nairobi, Kenya, by providing education and access to technology. SMME sponsored a three-year, $55,000 global grant to create a laptop-loaning program and provide soft skills training for primary and secondary students.
In 2022, SMME will continue their support for FONR through a $16,000 grant to outfit a student resource center with reliable power and books and furniture for the library.
The Open Door Pantry assists thousands of local individuals each month through a variety of programs designed to connect those in need with fresh, nutritious options. Each year on Super Bowl weekend they host their Super Bagging event, a two day fundraiser where volunteers bag groceries at Cub foods locations and shoppers can purchase a "bag of groceries" which are translated to dollars towards the cause. In 2022 the raised more than $34,000.
Since 2016, SMME has been volunteering at the Special Olympics Minnesota Regional and State competitions, assisting with aquatic and bocce events.
Through sports, our athletes celebrate their abilities, not their disabilities. Their world opens with acceptance and understanding, while becoming confident and empowered by their accomplishments.
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