MEDIA ADVISORY -- CORRECTED -- Students assembling 28,000 Meal Packages for Local, Tanzanian Familes

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NOTE: Corrects date, adds quote from Board of Education President Kevin
Beiser and adds information on his 10 a.m. news conference.

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MEDIA ADVISORY from the San Diego Unified School District, March 27, 2014

STUDENTS ASSEMBLING 28,000 MEAL PACKAGES FOR LOCAL, TANZANIAN FAMILIES

WHAT: Food packaging event at Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School

WHEN/WHERE: Friday, March 28, Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School,
11778 Cypress Canyon Rd. (92131). Kevin Beiser, Board of Education
President, will be available for comment on the students¹ effort at 10
a.m. at the school. Students will be packing material from 8:45 a.m. to
3:15 p.m.

QUOTE: ³This is a great partnership for kids,² said Kevin Beiser, Board of
Education President and representative for the Scripps Ranch neighborhood.
³Not only are they learning the values of giving and sharing, but needy
families will have a meal through Kids Against Hunger.²

DETAILS: Students at the school will be assembling 28,000 meal packs to go
to Kids Against Hunger, a project of our charity partner, Friends and
Family Community Connection.

The Food Packaging Event is the first of its kind in the San Diego Unified
School District.

Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary students have been practicing the
character trait of generosity for years. Generosity, compassion, honesty
and forgiveness are only a few of the many character traits that are
taught as part of the character education program at the school. The
character education program is a unique program that focuses on one
character trait each month. Each character trait is taught through
storytelling and activities led by parent volunteers.

In turn, students are expected to demonstrate these character traits on
campus and in their community In the past two years alone the students
have donated over $7,200 to Kids Against Hunger, a project of our charity
partner, Friends and Family Community Connection.

All students from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade will be working on the
project, including weighing, sealing, sorting, and boxing up bags of food.
The students will get a hands-on opportunity to work cooperatively while
demonstrating generosity and compassion.

They will be supervised by dozens of parent volunteers and their teachers
in an amazing show of our school community spirit. The food will benefit
San Diego families as well as orphans in Tanzania.


CONTACT: Liz Sloan, Principal, (858) 693-8593.

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