Helping the hungry

March 15, 2016 12:00 am • Last Updated: March 15, 2016 10:01 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

Abby Van Essendelft, right, a member of the Stonington High School Interact Club, holds a package for ingredients to be added by Kristen Foster, right, of the East Lyme High School Interactive Club, during the Stonington High School Interact Club's food packing event for the Stop Hunger Now non- profit organization that the two groups hosted at the high school in Stonington Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The club raised $3,000 through various fundraisers for the food and were able to package 10,000 meals at the event. The food packages will go to schools in third-world countries globally. School staff, faculty, students, Mystic Rotary members, and East Lyme High School Interact Club members participated. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Abby Van Essendelft, left, a member of the Stonington High School Interact Club, holds a package for ingredients to be added by Kristen Foster, right, of the East Lyme High School Interactive Club, during the Stonington High School Interact Club's food packing event for the Stop Hunger Now nonprofit organization that the two groups hosted at the high school in Stonington Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

The club raised $3,000 through various fundraisers for the food and were able to package 10,000 meals at the event. The food packages will go to schools in third-world countries globally. School staff, faculty, students, Mystic Rotary members, and East Lyme High School Interact Club members participated.

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