Eleven-year-old Elijah already knows what he wants to be when he grows up: a robotics engineer.
“I want to build robots that help around the house,” he says. “So, if you need help, or your car breaks down, it’ll get fixed. Helping people makes me feel proud of myself.”
Elijah, with his soft smile and bright eyes, knows a lot about helping people. He lives with his grandfather, Robert, and five other siblings. As the oldest of the bunch, Elijah often helps his grandpa with the other children and with chores.
“If there’s a mess, I clean it up,” he says.
At school, Elijah is in the robotics club, where the team recently did well at a competition, finishing in second place. “It made me really excited,” he says. “I felt like I accomplished something.”
During the school year, Elijah gets two free meals a day. But during summer vacation, those meals need to be replaced and with six growing children and a limited family income, that’s not always easy. So Elijah and his family are thankful for the summer feeding programs that your support makes possible.
“When I’m hungry, I get tired or I’ll get distracted,” Elijah says. “But when I’m not, I’m on-task, and I can focus and be ready for whatever happens.”
Maybe someday he’ll build a robot to help feed children facing hunger!
Your gifts help to feed children like Elijah during their summer break. Thank you!
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