Lions Alvin Prescod (left) and Carolyn Langhorne (right) giving a bag of groceries to a recipient of the St. Maarten Lions Club’s new project.
Some of the grocery bags that the Lions Club distributed to persons in need.
PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Lions Club introduced its “Teach Me to Fish” project last weekend. The first instalment of the project was themed “Helping our community one bag at a time”.
According to the club, the project’s first instalment is aimed to provide families who are currently finding it difficult to make ends meet with a bag of groceries and a booklet filled with “easy, affordable and healthy” recipes. The recipe booklet is to be shared online, said the club.
“We recognise that most adults work up to two jobs to make ends meet, which is why most of the selected recipes can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.
“Through this initiative, the intention of the club is to give persons in our community the tools they need to eat healthy and to budget and save. As a service club we believe it’s just as important to help the less fortunate in our community by providing them with the tools and opportunities necessary to help them get out of poverty,” said the club in a press release on Monday.
The club encourages persons to try the recipes and post a photo of their results on the St. Maarten Lions Club Facebook page with the hashtag: #TeachMeToFish.
