Preparing for the final throw in last year's Center of the Universe Rock Paper Scissors World Championships. This year's competition June 24 will help raise money for FamilyWorks Food Bank.
The Rotary Club of Fremont is sponsoring the Second Annual Center of the Universe Rock Paper Scissors World Championships at 6 p.m. on June 24.
The event will be held at the LTD Bar and Grill, which is located in downtown Fremont at 309 N. 36th St.
The Rock Paper Scissors event will support FamilyWorks Food Bank, which provides food for hungry families throughout Fremont, Wallingford and nearby Seattle neighborhoods.
"We decided to kick off the summer by sponsoring a fun event featuring the world's most popular way of making decisions," Club President Jean Withers said in a press release. “And, we wanted to bring public attention to the needs of local hungry families and the food banks that help them.
Tens of thousands of children lose access to school-provided breakfast and lunch at the end of the school year and spend the summer perpetually hungry, Withers said in the press release.
Food banks are doing everything they can to help, but in this economy, families are being forced to return more frequently, she said.
“It’s a hallmark of the Fremont Rotary Club that we have fun accomplishing serious things," Withers said in the press release. "And, children eating? What’s more serious than that?”
Rock Paper Scissors competitors can pre-register by emailing rps@fremontrotary.com. The Fremont Rotary event is recognized by the World Rock Paper Scissors Society.
