Tarrytown Sophomore Raising Funds To Feed Westchester Kids

TARRYTOWN, NY — A Tarrytown high-school student has been spending his summer organizing an online fundraiser for Feeding Westchester. Julian Mueller, who will begin his sophomore year at Stepinac High School in September, started the effort to help feed hungry children around the region.

As of Thursday, Aug. 16, the 14-year-old has raised more than $2,000 toward his goal of $2,500, which will be equal to purchasing 10,000 meals by the end of August.

Mueller had originally set the goal at $1,000 and quickly revised it after strong response from supporters.

“This summer, I wanted to do something small that would helpfully make a big impact,” he said. “I decided to focus my fundraising effort on school-aged children because I recently learned that nearly 58,000 kids" — one in three — "in Westchester County may be hungry this summer.”

“During the summer, they do not have access to free or reduced-price school lunches,” Mueller said. “It’s really hard to believe that here in Westchester we have this problem.”

To read more about Mueller and his fundraising effort, visit his donation page here.

Photo caption: Julian Mueller. Photo credit: Courtesy.