By DEVYN LANSDEN, Senior Reporter
Dozens of Northwestern students volunteered on April 14 to help package meals for people in need around the world.
Students spent part of their day in Percefull Fieldhouse to assemble packages of food items for Stamp Out Starvation, a non-profit organization based in nearby Cherokee, with the mission of providing nutritious meals to people across the globe.
The organization’s meals contain rice and soy casserole, 21 essential vitamins and minerals, six dehydrated vegetables and chicken flavor.
Students helped make more than 30,000 packages of food. Some of the food will be sent to Mexico, and the majority gets shipped to Haiti, organizers said.
Monte Stewart, president of Stamp Out Starvation, said he goes to numerous schools to get help from students. He goes to Stillwater several times a year and often travels across Missouri, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
To help the organization, people can contact Stewart to set up a time and gather a group of people to work. He said the organization also accept monetary donations to cover costs.
The organization is also starting a new program in Haiti using fruit that is grown there. Workers will use the fruit to make flour.
The organization started in 2007, Stewart said. Workers have fed more 23 million people since then.
The Northwestern Student Government Association and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee both co-sponsored the April 14 event along with the Northwestern Scholar Ambassadors.
Ethan Sacket, adviser for the Northwestern Scholar Ambassadors, said the idea to invite Stamp Out Starvation to Northwestern came from sophomore NSA member Tabor Budy.
Sacket said anytime the students can serve the community is a good thing, especially when they can help people outside the country.
To contact Stamp Out Starvation, 114 Loop Drive in Cherokee, call 580-748-1785 or visit www. https://www.stampoutstarvation.com/.
