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Rice Bag Challenge
Rise Against Hunger
The annual Rice Bag Challenge is sponsored by Rise Against Hunger, an international organization that annually distributes millions of meals around the world through community meal-packaging events. The rice for these meals comes in 50-pound bags; tens of thousands of these bags are thrown away each year, but Rise Against Hunger believes there is a better way. They hope that Wilson College of Textiles Senior Design students can repurpose the bags in a practical way to make life better for meal recipients while reducing their environmental footprint
Each senior design team was tasked with creating a useful prototype that would solve a problem in developing areas around the world, using a maximum $10 budget and two rice bags. In one short week, they researched, brainstormed, designed and executed their prototype. At the end of the week, they pitched their product to the judges: Rise Against Hunger officials Edna Ogwangi, chief impact officer; Julia Banks, manager of donor strategy and operations; and Andi Dankert, director of donor relations and operations
Rice Bag Challenge
1st Place: Reusable menstrual pad Kristen Poole, Relynne Wolf, Eden Cabrera, Carrie Gray (L to R)
2nd Place: Fish net
Gillian Armstrong, Tony Oh, Annali Evling, Sally Gross (L to R)
3rd Place: Solar Lantern
Rita Bardon, Shayan Barlas, Min Kim (L to R)
