First a Big Thank You from Lead2Feed:
Thank You For Being A Leader
Now for the Grand Prize Winner Announcement:
Congratulations to Wolves Against Hunger! The Lead4Change team from St. Francis Episcopal Day School in Houston, Texas, is the grand prize winning team for this year’s World Hunger Leadership Challenge. The team partnered with another school in India to fight hunger worldwide and their efforts have earned their charity, “Kids Meals”, $25,000 in donations. Below is their video submission.
Grand Prize Winner: Wolves Against Hunger
Congratulations also go out to the following teams:
$10,000 Winning Teams:
- FEAST your Eyes on the Many Faces of Hunger in our Community (Joseph L. Carwise Middle School, Palm Harbor, Florida) and their charity, F.E.A.S.T.
- Rio FFA Lead 2 Feed Hunger Challenge (Rio High School, Rio, Wisconsin) and their charity, Rio Area Food Pantry
- The Race to End Hunger (Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Academy, Fort Pierce, Florida) and their charity, Sarah’s Kitchen
- True Believers!! (Hale County Technology Center, Greensboro, Alabama) and their charity, Positive Is The Way To Live, Inc.
$5,000 Winning Teams:
- Cobbler Café (Rapid City Central High School, Rapid City, South Dakota) and their charity, Partnership Rapid City
- FBLA FOOD FIGHTERS. ONE BOWL…SEVEN FED (P.A.T.C.H., Kentucky) and their charity, Marshall County Community Kitchen
- LAWLZ –NWBI-Lead4Change (New World Bilingual Institute, Fairfax Station, Virginia) and their charity, New World Bilingual Institute Toastmasters Club
- Mercy Beyond Borders (Mercy Academy, Louisville, Kentucky) and their charity, Heifer International
- The Port Chester Middle School Giving Garden (Port Chester Middle School, Port Chester, New York) and their charity, Don Bosco Community Center of Port Chester
- We Accept the Challenge! (St. Francis Cathedral School, Metuchen, New Jersey) and their charity, Elijah’s Promise
Wait, there’s even more good news!
The Lead4Change program, a partnership between the Lift a Life Foundation, USA TODAY Charitable Foundation, and the Yum! Brands Foundation, would like to congratulate all teams for participating in the challenge with an award of $1,000 in donations to each team’s chosen charity.
Yes, you read that correctly. Your team’s chosen charity will receive at least $1,000 in prize money.
Congratulations to all of you for your hard work, building leadership skills and serving your communities. You truly helped the program: “Inspire. Lead. Make Big Things Happen.”
Read the Official Press Release for more information on the winning teams.