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Smyrna Partners with Backpack Buddies to Provide Weekend Meal Bags

The Smyrna Rotary Club has done an astonishing array of local, national and international projects for over 60 years.

Of recent projects, Club President Nominee Angi Sklar says, "We've been loving packing over 200 weekend meal bags every second Wednesday for the students at Green Acres Elementary school in partnership with Backpack Buddies of Atlanta. It is the highlight of our week!" Sklar also added, "Putting others ahead of self has and will always be a pillar for the club. Recently, one student grandmother responded, 'It has been extremely helpful. I'm raising three grandchildren on my own. This assistance has been a wonderful blessing.' This is why we do what we do! We're stronger together."

This project took almost a year to put together, with presentations to the club from Backpack Buddies of Atlanta as well as member visits by several Smyrna Rotarians to Backpack Buddies’ impressive facilities. Smyrna Rotarians truck over 2,500 food items and bring plastic bags, etc., to Green Acres Elementary, and then gather to assemble the 200 bags of food. This ongoing project is fun, engaging, and helps us do something truly useful directly in our community. A typical event has eight Rotarians and guests and takes two to three hours.

Posted by Narayan Sengupta
March 5, 2024

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