A school in Minneapolis, USE, put out a call for donations of food for families that lived in the town after grocery stores were burned down in protests following the death of George Floyd in May 2020. The school aimed to raise enough to give out 80 bags of food to children who went to their school because it was difficult for families to find groceries. But within a few days the school received 25,000 bags of groceries. So much that the food filled their car park and grass and they had to use a neighbouring park to store the bags. The school soon realised that there were people who didn’t go to their school who also needed food, and so they opened up the donations to anyone who needed them. Volunteers helped to distribute the bags of food. One of the volunteers, Lauren, said, “I’m really emotional right now. I’m so thankful our neighbours are coming together. It’s the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. One of the grocery shop owners who lost his store said, “It does make the situation better to make me feel like people really do have a heart, people really do care”
- Why did the school ask for food donations, who were the donations for?
- Why did they only ask for 80 bags?
- Why did they end up with 25,000 bags?
- What does that show about people in Minneapolis?
- Do you think when people drooped off the food they said, “This food is for black people”, or “This food is for white people”? why not? Who was the food for?
- The school could have kept the food just for their own families, why did they allow anyone to take it?
- “I’m so thankful our neighbours are coming together” “people really do have a heart “what do they mean?
- What can we learn from the people of Minneapolis?
- why is this story about No Outsiders?
No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone equal by Andrew Moffat
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