Students discuss world hunger via Zoom
Grauer School students recently received a personal briefing on the problem of world hunger with a member of the United Nations World Food Programme, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 for its efforts to aid those in conflict zones and areas devastated by natural disasters. Students and teachers participated in a Zoom call with Mirjam Jaring, who is based in Rome, headquarters of the World Food Programme. After Jaring gave a brief presentation and showed a video about the WFP’s work, she took questions from the students and teachers. Juniors and seniors from Grauer’s U.S. history, English and economics classes participated.“The discussion allowed our students to learn about the WFP’s vital work to save lives and change lives around the world, and hopefully it will inspire them to do their part to assist those in need, both during their school careers and after they go out into the world as the leaders of tomorrow,” said Stuart Gr
Soccer club organizes drive for food bank
City SC, a soccer club with 3,900 competitive players throughout Carlsbad, recently organized a club-wide food drive before Thanksgiving to benefit the San Diego Food Bank. In just two days, the nonprofit club was able to collect just over 1,000 pounds of nonperishable food items for donation. The food drive was organized by the club’s Girls Academy Advisory Panel, which has community outreach as one of its goals. The panel consists of one representative from each of six girls teams, along with two club representatives from the under-13 division and the under-18/19 division. Visit ourcitysc.com.