USAgNet - 11/07/2016
The Alaska FFA Association was recently named the winner of the 2016 Hunger Heroes Challenge. The program encouraged students to help donate 3.5 million meals to local communities before the 2016 National FFA Convention & Expo in October. After each hunger service event, chapters reported impacts and shared their stories to take action and be eligible for a cash drawing.
This year, the reported impact was a record-high of 3.8 million meals, with more than 37,000 volunteers recording 191,322 hours of service to fight hunger. Projects varied from community gardens to assembling food baskets for underprivileged families.
This year, the state of Alaska had the highest percentage of chapters that reported impacts. More than 150 members in all middle and high school chapters volunteered 33,919 hours, and more than 35,000 meals and over 37,000 pounds of food were donated.
In addition, the chapters participated in a variety of activities. One chapter dug up 500 pounds of potatoes and carrots to donate to local families in need while another chapter harvested food from their mobile greenhouse and outdoor garden to donate to the local community.
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