Our team, Wolves Against Hunger of St. Francis Episcopal Day School, is being recognized at a City Council meeting on August 20th by the mayor of Houston. They will receive a proclamation… Again, thanks for all [Lead2Feed] is doing to create compassionate leaders! – Debbie Harris
Congratulations go out to the Wolves Against Hunger Lead4Change team. It’s officially their day in Houston, Texas!
Update
Here’s a press release, video and photo from the event:
Mayor Honors St. Francis Wolves Against Hunger Team
HOUSTON, August 21—In a ceremony preceding yesterday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Annise Parker proclaimed August 20, 2013, “Wolves Against Hunger of St. Francis Episcopal Day School Day.” During the ceremony, the mayor commended the team of seven St. Francis Episcopal Day School students who won the national Lead4Change World Hunger Leadership Challenge last May. The group, dubbed “Wolves Against Hunger,” chose to present its Lead4Change award check of $25,000 to Kids’ Meals, the state’s only meals-on-wheels service for children who live in poverty.
“Houston has many talented young individuals, and I am proud to recognize the efforts of these students who tackled a serious, prevalent issue in our community and around the world,” said Mayor Parker. “They have served as role models for others, and certainly have bright futures ahead.”
The Mayoral Proclamation, designed to honor individuals who have made a significant contribution to society, highlighted the students’ work with K.L. International School in Meerut, India, to identify creative solutions to fight hunger in their local communities. More than 1,500 schools and 300,000 students from across the nation participated in the Lead4Change Challenge, which was initiated by the USA TODAY Charitable Foundation and the Lift a Life Foundation, with assistance from the Yum! Brands Foundation. The contest encouraged middle and high school students to hone leadership skills by completing a service-learning project that solved hunger issues.
Councilman Andrew C. Burks Jr. closed the presentation by adding, “At St. Francis, I know you all know about the scripture, ‘Faith without works is dead.’ You have definitely shown the faith and you have done the work, and I commend you all for it.”
Houston Proclamation
Houston Mayor Annise Parker presents a Mayoral Proclamation to the St. Francis Episcopal Day School Wolves Against Hunger team. Pictured left to right are McKenna Dishongh; Miranda Slaton; Debbie Harris, St. Francis Middle School science chair and team sponsor; Mayor Parker; Charles Moreton; Taylor Bowers; and Holly Plost, St. Francis Lower School technology chair. (Team members not pictured: Jeremy Mitschke, Anthony Nguyen, and Ian Southwell)