Stopping Hunger

Last night I had the opportunity to volunteer to help pack meals with the Stop Hunger Now organization. These meals are then sent around the world to people who don't have regular access to food.

More than 300 students, faculty, and staff from my college volunteered (mostly students) and we packaged 75,000 meals! We averaged about 500 per minute, which is crazy to think about.

The first part of the evening I was packaging meals. I was the bag holder while the other four people at my station poured their ingredient into the funnel. Then the second half of the evening I was loading the packaged meals into the boxes to be shipped out.

Two sealed meals went on each square, then I put them into the box.

Two meals went on each square.

Then I put them in the box.

In what seemed like no time at all, we were done! I thought it was going to take all evening since we were supposed to be there from 4-7pm, but we actually only worked from 5-6:15. 4-5pm was registration and going over how to do everything and 6:15-7pm was doorprizes and pizza!

the sealing station at the end.

I had a great time at this event and I think the majority of our students did too. It was great to see so many people come together and work together for something that is so important. It was timed perfectly too with the holidays coming up and everyone being thankful for everything they have.