Students making a difference by selling soda to raise money for Five.12 at Timberline Middle School
By Sammy Lyon and Boston Hill With Five.12, a charitable organization
"Elementary school students in Utah County are going home from school on Friday and coming back to school hungry on Monday. Five.12 provides weekend backpacks full of food for those students in need. " -Five.12
In Utah 1 in 5 children are Hungry, we sold sodas and made 35$ to donate to Five.12, a charitable organization. Five.12 is a foundation that packages food for students that can't buy food for the weekends. They get free school food but have no food on the weekends.
photo from google One child in five is hungry. the rest have energy but one doesn't because she doesn't have enough food.
"We purchase. We pack. We deliver. Teachers and Counselors distribute. Students enjoy and return to school physically ready to learn." -Five.12
"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so you may live as you wish." - Mother Teresa