Students donate food to shelter

HAPPENING IN PIKE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER.

EVEN THOUGH CLASSES ARE OUT.

STUDENTS DECIDED TO CONTINUE FEEDING FAMILIES.

THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH FOOD RESCUE.

OUR JENNIE RUNEVITCH SHOWS US THE IMPACT -- AT WHEELER MISSION.

00 41 1:16 1:35 13:24:55-:07 "THIS KITCHEN IS WHERE A CARING COMMUNITY COMES FULL CIRCLE.

A LOT OF THE FOOD THAT KIDS EAT HERE AT THE SHELTER, WAS ACTUALLY DONATED BY KIDS IN THE INDIANAPOLIS COMMUNITY.

" NATS 12:51:42 "WE'RE GONNA GET A SNACK!" AT WHEELER MISSION'S CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

NATS 12:53:11 "I'M GONNA PASS OUT THE SNACK.

" THERE'S NO BREAK.

DURING SUMMER BREAK.

NATS 12:55:43 "YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SHARE THIS ONE.

" FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.

13:03:13-:17 "OUR SHELTER IS FULL ABOUT 98 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

" BUTT TO SOT 13:03:24-:29 "FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST GROWING NEEDS IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW.

" 100 FAMILIES A NIGHT SLEEP HERE.

MANY MORE EAT HERE.

AND WHEELER DOES THAT WITHOUT ANY GOVERNMENT FUNDING.

WHICH IS WHY DONATED FRESH FOOD AND MILK.

IS SO IMPORTANT.

ALL YEAR ROUND.

13:06:30-:37 "SOMETHING AS WONDERFUL AND GREAT AND NEEDED AS MILK, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO USE OUR BUDGET FOR HAS BEEN A HUGE HELP.

" AND WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THESE DONATIONS.

THEY COME FROM OTHER KIDS.

UNOPENED, UNPEELED AND UNWANTED FOOD.

THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE GONE FROM TRAY.

NATS TRASH TO TRASH.

IS INSTEAD - SAVED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH K- 12 FOOD RESCUE.

NATS COOLER DOOR 12:03:18 NATS INSIDE COOLER 12:04:20-:23 "SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CRATES THAT WE USE DURING THE SUMMER" PIKE TOWNSHIP STUDENTS DIDN'T STOP DONATING.

WHEN SCHOOL LET OUT FOR THE SUMMER.

11:54:09-:14 "FOOD RESCUE IS ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOLS HERE.

" BUTT TO SOT 11:55:07-:14 "WE RECOGNIZE THIS HUNGER ISSUE, SAVING OUR PLANET, IT'S NOT A PART-TIME JOB.

IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

" AND IT'S MADE AN IMPACT.

IN JUNE - PIKE TOWNSHIP STUDENTS RESCUED NEARLY 18- HUNDRED ITEMS FOR WHEELER MISSION.

359 MEALS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.

NATS KIDS 13:30:39 "IT'S A BLESSING!" BUTT TO SOT 13:30:43-:51 "I JUST GET A PLEASURE OUT OF JUST SEEING HOW HAPPY THEY ARE AND HOW HEALTHY THEY ARE DUE TO THE DONATIONS HERE.

" FOOD RESCUED FOR CHILDREN.

BY CHILDREN THIS SUMMER.

13:07:16-:20 "TO SEE OTHER KIDS AROUND THEIR AGE GIVING BACK IS BEAUTIFUL!" IN INDIANAPOLIS, JR CH13 EWN.

THIS YEAR THERE ARE TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS DONATING THEIR SUMMER SERVINGS TO FOOD RESCUE AND AREA SHELTERS - PIKE AND PERRY TOWNSHIP.

WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOUR SCHOOL CAN GET INVOLVED ON OUR WEBSITE WTHR-DOT- COM.

HEAT, HIGH HUMIDITY.