On Monday, Ashley and I spent some time at the Fargodome helping to move cans for a local food drive event called Fill the Dome. This event is put on by all of the High School kids in the area and supported by the college students in Fargo, various businesses and members of the public. The basic goal of the program is to fill the entire floor of the Fargodome (80,000 sq ft) with donated food. The kids accomplished this for the 3rd year in a row!
Since this was put on by High School kids, you may wonder what we did to help. Well, after all 97.1 TONS of the 2009 Fill the Dome booty is splayed across the Fargodome floor, somebody needs to pack it up and help get it to the Food Bank over at Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota. That is where the kids needed help and made a call out to the community. So, instead of going to the gym that day, we decided to go pack and move boxes.
I was really impressed with these kids and all that they have done for our community. They raised 97.1 tons of food and $96,000 to help those who need it in this area. What a great thing these kids have accomplished this year and I hope the program continues.
Even though the kids had a challenge, I also have a challenge to meet this week. My goal is to give back in an environmental manner. I think helping out with Fill the Dome helps accomplish this. Not only does it help with a local charitable initiative, it also helps promote food recovery and prevent food waste. As indicated in a previous week’s challenge, over 96 BILLION pounds of good food is tossed away every year. An important part of reducing this waste is to get potentially wasted food to those who need it! Mission accomplished and I got a workout at the same time.
This is only a win-win-win-win situation. The people who get the food win, the kids who put on Fill the Dome win, the community wins and I win! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and if you have any comments or suggestions, please leave them in the space below.
