Food for Thought celebrated the opening of its new 3,000-square-foot warehouse Monday, marking a milestone in what is truly a Carson City success story.
The homegrown organization started by Rebecca Rund provides food for local children to take home on the weekends, so they will have healthy meals instead of going hungry.
Rund started the program out of her garage in 2006, feeding just a handful of students from Fritsch Elementary School.
Today, Food for Thought's expanded storage space will allow more than 100 volunteers to feed 600 students from 10 schools throughout Carson City and Virginia City. And it just keeps growing. It will be able to provide 15,000 meals to homeless and needy children in the area. Rund's original goal, to feed 400 students, has grown beyond what she could possibly have imagined just three years ago.
While Rund would surely share credit with the volunteers and donors, it was her vision and energy that grew the project from a small pilot program at Fritsch to the amazing organization it is today. She deserves a standing ovation.
Rund is a shining example of the power of one person to make a difference in the world.
And when one person becomes two, then three, then hundreds of volunteers and donors, we will be well on our way to solving hunger in our community.
If you'd like to help feed needy children, mail monetary donations to: Food For Thought, P.O. Box 656, Carson City, NV 89702 or go online to www.nvfoodforthought.org. Or you can drop off food at the warehouse, 3579 Highway 50 East,
#221, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Call 883-1011 for information.