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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2016
Feed the need: 10,000 meals have been packed, shipped off
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Hale joined about 80 other students in the
school’s gym Friday, packing 10,000 meals of
dried rice, soy, vegetables and a nutrient mix
sealed into individual meals for Feed the Need,
a nationwide fundraiser sending basic meals to
people facing extreme hunger.
About 80 of North Coast’s 100 students have
raised more than $16,000 since October. One-
third of the proceeds goes toward the meals,
while the rest supports North Coast Christian
School, a registered nonprofit.
Packing party
The students who raised funds, decked out
in green and orange Feed the Need T-shirts and
blue hairnets, took shifts on a production line in
the school’s gym Friday. Plastic bags in hand,
students went from station to station, as their
peers scooped in measured amounts of dried
rice, vegetables, soy and a yellow mineral/vita-
min mix, a basic packet of sustenance heated in
warm water by the recipient.
Kirstin Salmi, principal and a teacher at
North Coast Christian, said fundraisers like
Feed the Need help connect kids with a mission,
whether its serving overseas or in their commu-
nity. Of the 10,000 meals, Salmi said, 8,000 will
go to Haiti, and another 2,000 to Clatsop Com-
munity Action’s Regional Food Bank.
Helping the younger kids pack were school
staff and parents, including Rhonda Muhr, a
main organizer of the Feed the Need fundraiser.
“Christ served others, and we want to instill that
in our kids,” she said.
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
ABOVE: North Coast Christian School fourth-grader Sophia Ely reacts as other students and teachers pour food into bags to be sent to Haiti
on Friday in Hammond. BELOW LEFT: Jaise Wright, sixth-grader at North Coast Christian School, pours rice into a bag to be sent to Haiti.
Supporting school
The school will use its two-thirds of the
fundraiser to build an outdoor basketball
court, install a rock-climbing wall in the gym,
upgrade its buildings and enhance curriculum
for students.
“With a nonprofit, we have no government
money,” Chris Schauermann, the school’s
superintendent, said. “It’s donations and tuition.
That’s how we survive.”
The school gives out thousands of dollars in
scholarships to students each year, he said, and
has held an auction for 25 years to raise money.
This year, he said, the school was contacted by
the Champion Group, which organizes Feed the
Need and other fundraisers for charities, minis-
tries and schools.
The Champion Group gave North Coast
Christian a goal of $35,000. The 10,000 meals
have been packed and shipped off. The school
had raised only $16,739 as of Monday after-
noon, including support from more than 20
local businesses. Schauermann said the fund-
raiser was the biggest the school could have
taken on, but that students are dedicated to rais-
ing the full amount. “We tell the kids, ‘You
know; Jesus was a giver, and the Bible says it’s
more blessed to give than it is to receive.’”
North Coast Christian School stu-
dents, teachers and other volunteers
work to fill bags with dehydrated
food to be sent to Haiti on Friday in
Hammond.
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