FEED THE WORLD DAY
"United Against Hunger"
FEED THE WORLD DAY on October 2
Kids Against Hunger - Fox Valley set a personal best packing day on October 2 for Feed the World Day. 41 adult volunteers and 16 youth came to help pack 14,040 meals in two one-hour shifts. Some came for each of the shifts and about 15 stayed for both.
Kids Against Hunger satellites across America were trying to pack more meals on October 2 than ever before on one day. We are "United Against Hunger" in a world where so many are starving or greatly malnourished. The final totals from all 90 satellites will be available later.
World Food Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1979 and is celebrated this year on October 16. It was created to increase awareness about hunger around the world and take steps to relieve it -- just what Kids Against Hunger satellites do every day of the year.
These meals cost only 25 cents each for ingredients, packing expenses and sending 90% of them to Nicaragua. That still adds up $3500 cost for the 14,040 meals pack on Oct. 2.
Will you please click the "Donate" button and make a contribution to help provide the funding?
Let's unite to Feed a Hungry World!
To reserve space at a packing event, please click on the event title. That will open a booking page with more details about the event and fields in which to enter your name, email address and phone number. You may make reservations for one or two people.
Packaging Events will last for one hour each (with the option to participate in more than one). Each volunteer will package $40 to $50 worth of food per hour. Volunteers are urged to bring whatever they can toward that cost.
Most packaging events are held in a building donated by Harris Banks of Roselle across the road from Friendly Ford. To get to the packaging event location, turn on to Lawrence at the Harris Bank, 400 E. Irving Park Road, Roselle. Quickly turn right as if entering the Drive-In facility and the warehouse building is seen at the rear of the property with a "Kids Against Hunger – Fox Valley” sign on the door.
