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This 13-year-old formed a charity that has helped provide 500,000-plus meals
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Christian Science Monitor
Posted: January 2nd, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Ag...
Since the tender age of 7, Will has been focused on feeding the hungry. It all started when he saw a man on a street corner begging for food, and he decided he wanted to do something about it. With the help of his parents Julie, a teacher, and Bill, a financial adviser he established the charity Friends Reaching Our Goals, or FROGs. He named the organization himself ... and designed FROGs with a dual purpose: to inspire youths to carry out service work in their communities and to feed those at risk of going hungry. That was October 2010. Since then, he has helped provide more than 500,000 meals to those in need. He raises funds, he plans, he ropes in friends, and more. Tonight he is serving Asian-themed dishes as part of the monthly FROGs Dinner Club, a central event. Each time, Will and his fellow volunteers aim to serve a free, fresh meal with the twist that the recipients be introduced to new foods and healthier options. This go-round, honey-seared chicken is dished up with brown or white rice alongside Vietnamese chicken salad rolls. And edamame. When I was 7, I was riding home from a Little League baseball game when I saw a man on a street corner who held a sign that said, Need Meal, Will elaborates. And it made me sad to realize that there are people in my community who didnt have enough food to eat. So I started FROGs. Our motto is to have fun while helping others. Wills efforts have helped amass $852,000 worth of food items for hunger-fighting charities.
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