The Valley – Rotary clubs in Eastern United States and across the Caribbean Basin are combining resources to feed hungry children from Delaware to Trinidad and the Rotary Club of Anguilla chose The Alwyn Allison Richardson Primary School in West End to fulfill the organization’s commitment.
It is a startling reality that in Anguilla children go hungry on a daily basis. In 2012, 22 per cent of children in the Caribbean lived in poverty. Almost 16 million children right now live in what is termed as “food insecure household.”
Rotarian Seymour Hodge, member of the Rotary club of Anguilla and long time resident of South Hill is spearheading the project. Rotarian Hodge stated “67,000 Rotarians in as many as 1,500 clubs will be collectively making a difference for thousands of families in hundreds of communities. All members in our club committed helping feed dozens of families in our community. Rotarian Alexander Fedee, Mr. Chris Cuttler, Mrs. Lenette Romney and many other community residents joined in making this project possible.”
The project known as “Rotary Has Heart” used Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2014) as the target date for this massive drive. Rotarians and friends of Rotary made financial contributions and dry goods to make this possible.
The Rotary Club of Anguilla founded in 1978 is a member of Rotary International a worldwide organization of business, professional and community leaders who come together and take action by providing humanitarian service, goodwill and peace in the world.
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
