In the week leading up to our Spring Break, our Upper Elementary classroom has been busy! While planning the class field trip to Feed My Starving Children - Libertyville (FMSC,) three 6th year students had the idea to create a fundraiser to bring additional funds with them on their field trip, to further support Feed My Starving Children's mission to ship much-needed food to communities in need all over the world. The students quickly got to work planning a fundraising market, where they could sell handmade items, baked goods, and hot cocoa.

The fundraising market on Wednesday was a tremendous success, raising $451, which was donated straight to FMSC during the field trip on Thursday! On behalf of Upper Elementary, thank you to all the MSLF families that supporting their fundraising efforts!

The volunteer session at FMSC was a blast and so rewarding. Classroom parents served as chaperones and helped to volunteer during the session as well. According to FMSC, on average during one packing session, one group will produce $63 of food, which would feed a child for seven months. During their session, Upper El students and other volunteers were able to pack 107 boxes of food, which will be sent to feed 63 children for a year in the country of Malawi. What a great experience for these MSLF students!