ROTARY YOUTH EVENT
The Verde Valley's Manzanita Outreach-Kids Against Hunger organization teamed with 174 Rotary Youth Leadership Award students, including, Letty (Leticia) Ayala and Sean Williams from Mingus Union High School, to package 29,160 meals for local and global distribution to hungry and starving children in Prescott on January 19th. Included in this group were 11 international students, representing countries all over the world, sponsored by Roraty Clubs all over Arizona. About one-fourth of these meals will stay locally in Yavapai County with the rest shipped to Haiti by the U.S. military. The Yavapai Food Bank will receive 4,320 meals; the Bagdad Food Bank, 1,296; Mayer Seniors programs (Meals on Wheels and Hot Lunch Program), 1,296; and Verde Valley Food banks to be distributed by Yavapai Food Council. -- Verde Independent Newspapers
