BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Donations will be greatly appreciated. Donor Link Feeding tho usands of children daily is no small task! Join the Rotary Club of Belling ham on March 14\, 2026 and pack meals for children in need and have a wond erful time serving with your hands. Our goal is to pack 35\,000 meals in 2 hours. And we need to raise $8\,500 for the materials to make it happen! Making this possible is only possible through the efforts of partners and volunteers like you. The meals packed will be sent to Sierra Leone\, provi ding over 1\,000 students nutritious meals so they can concentrate at scho ol. More about Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone\, a lush tropical country on the west coast of Africa that boasts beautiful beaches\, picturesque mount ains\, and some of the richest natural resources and mineral deposits (inc luding diamonds) in the world\, is one of the poorest countries in the wor ld. It consistently ranks as one of the least developed countries on the U nited Nations Human Development Index. It also has one of the highest infa nt mortality rates in the world (children dying before reaching age five). Coupled with this overwhelming poverty\, from 1991–2001\, Sierra Leone was embroiled in a devastating civil war in which tens of thousands of peo ple were killed and an estimated one million people were forced from their homes and villages—many raped\, tortured\, and/or drafted into rebel f orces. The war destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure and has le ft its lasting scars\, most notably on the children—leaving 320\,000 ch ildren orphaned. Most people in Sierra Leone live in rural farming communi ties. A typical family dwelling in a village is a mud-walled home with a d irt floor and a thatched roof. Cooking is done by outdoor fire. Laundry\, washing\, and bathing are done in the nearest river or with water hauled f rom the closest water source. A typical family’s diet consists of rice\, cassava root\, and leafy greens. DTEND:20260314T190000Z DTSTAMP:20261021T060725Z DTSTART:20260314T154500Z LOCATION:Assumption Gymnasium SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:RCOB - Meal Packing Service Project 2026 UID:0d2ad30d-e26a-48fd-bb75-0bd18d54f14b X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Donations will be greatly apprec iated. \; Donor Link< /a>

Feeding thous ands of children daily is no small task!

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Join the Rotary Club of Bellingham on March 14\, 2 026 and pack meals for children in need and have a wonderful time serving with your hands. Our goal is to pack 35\,000 meals in 2 hours. And we need to raise $8\,500 for the materials to make it happen!

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Making this possible is only possibl e through the efforts of partners and volunteers like you. The meals packe d will be sent to Sierra Leone\, providing over 1\,000 students nutritious meals so they can concentrate at school. \;

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More about Sierra Leone: \;Sierra Leone\, a lus h tropical country on the west coast of Africa that boasts beautiful beach es\, picturesque mountains\, and some of the richest natural resources and mineral deposits (including diamonds) in the world\, is one of the poores t countries in the world. It consistently ranks as one of the least develo ped countries on the United Nations Human Development Index. It also has o ne of the highest infant mortality rates in the world (children dying befo re reaching age five).

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Coupled with this overwhelming poverty\, from 1991&ndash\;2001\, Sie rra Leone was embroiled in a devastating civil war in which tens of thousa nds of people were killed and an estimated one million people were forced from their homes and villages&mdash\;many raped\, tortured\, and/or drafte d \;into rebel forces. The war destroyed much of the country&rsquo\;s infrastructure and has left its lasting \;scars\, most notably on the children&mdash\;leaving 320\,000 children orphaned.

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Most people in Sierra Leone live in rur al farming communities. A typical family dwelling in a village is a mud-wa lled home with a dirt floor and a thatched roof. Cooking is done by outdoo r fire. Laundry\, washing\, and bathing are done in the nearest river or w ith water hauled from the closest water source. A typical family&rsquo\;s diet consists of rice\, cassava root\, and leafy greens.

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