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| Written by Jesse Trimble | |||
| Wednesday, 03 March 2010 09:00 | |||
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Monday afternoon was just another day, but for the Philgreens it was another opportunity.
 For them, helping those in need is a family experience. Chloe Philgreen, fourth-grader at Broadmoor Elementary, had an idea, along with friend and fourth-grader Caitlin Urban, after the earthquake in Haiti. The girls wanted to help out any way they could and thought setting up a bucket to collect donations would be a good way. They had hoped to get $300. Instead, they raised $587, Chloe said. One month later, the entire family is still at it. After school Monday afternoon, Chloe, her brothers Cameron and Connor, sister Chelsea and parents April and Topher, gathered at Broadmoor with 21 volunteer elementary students to put together food packs to be sent to Haiti. Chloe feels ‘awesome’ about helping. “It’s cool because,one packet can feed six people,” she said excitedly. “And that we’re not just giving money. We’re giving food because that’s what they need.” Her brothers added details, and said each bag costs $1.20, so $30 is 150 meals. Around 3,000 meals were made Monday alone within Broadmoor’s walls. Cameron and Connor agreed that around 254,000 meals had been made all together. Cameron recalled one evening when hundreds of youth from around the area came to a Youthfront event in Kansas City to help with the packaging. “That first night, just knowing hundreds of kids were coming to help was an amazing feeling,” he said. Located in Kansas City, Youthfront is a youth ministry program, which has also started the Feed the Hunger Haiti Initiative. The Philgreens work closely with Youthfront, as well as the Global Orphan Project. As the student volunteers lined up at three separate tables, Chloe instructed them on the process of filling one small plastic bag that will feed six people. First, soy is poured into the bag, then dried vegetables, vitamin powder and rice goes in, respectively. Then the students took turns weighing the bags, which must weigh between 390 and 392 grams to pass through customs. Once the process was complete, the bag is sealed and then packed into boxes, with 36 bags in each box. “I really like doing this,” Chloe said, “especially with family and everyone here.”
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