Lead4Change Year 1 Winner’s Announcement
More than 300,000 middle and high school students in 1,500 schools participated in the nationwide challenge that encouraged students to hone their leadership skills through projects that focus on solving hunger. Yum! Brands Foundation will provide nearly $250,000 in prize money grants to 140 schools for U.S. public charities engaged in hunger relief programs.
St. Francis Day School in Houston, Texas, partnered with a school in Meerut, India, to identify creative solutions to fight hunger in their local communities and they shared best practices regularly via Skype. St. Francis students packed 5,100 sack lunches, collected more than 6,500 cans of food and packed boxes at a local food bank while their partner school in India volunteered time at a local orphanage. Students at both schools planted gardens to deliver fresh produce monthly to local charities. St. Francis Episcopal Day School is directing the $25,000 grand prize grant to Kids’ Meals, Inc. in Houston, the state’s only meals-on-wheels service for children who live in poverty.
To read more about their accomplishments visit the school’s website.