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Monday, Apr 17, 2006

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Chennai Food Bank to provide 13 lakh meals

Staff Reporter

Rajasthan Youth Association celebrates project day

CHENNAI: The Rajasthan Youth Association Metro and Chennai Food Bank celebrated its 13th project day with many stars. It promised to provide 13 lakh meals to the needy in the coming year.

Prakash Raj, Revathy Menon, S.J. Suryah and S.Ve. Shekar delighted the children, who benefited by the Food Bank project, at Madras Seva Sadan on Sunday morning.

They offered advise to the children on life, success and discipline, shared personal anecdotes and distributed chocolates.

Ms. Menon read out the commitment of the Food Bank project to provide 13 lakh meals during 2006-2007.

Chennai Food Bank, a project of RYA Metro, collects foodgrains from donors and distributes them to around 60 charitable institutions. It has also contributed food grains for relief after natural calamities.

Around 8,000 kg of foodgrains are mobilised each month through the Muthi Bhar Anaaj Scheme, under which individuals and families set apart a handful of grain from each meal in special containers.

It is collected at the end of the month by Food Bank volunteers.

Three institutions were added to the list of organisations supported by the Bank, and 25,000 kg of grain was pledged by RYA Metro members to mark the 13th anniversary.

The Food Bank can be contacted at 2431 2096.

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