Last year over 5,000 volunteers packed 1,003,104 meals

By SCOTT STERK
Mobilepack Coordinator

WARSAW — In October, hundreds of Warsaw community members will work to feed thousands of starving children in the developing world. Through a partnership between Warsaw Community Mobilepack and Feed My Starving Children, volunteers will prepare 1,000,000 life-saving meals at this FMSC MobilePack event.

The MobilePack will take place Oct. 14-17, at the Gordon Recreation Center on the campus of Grace College.

For the next three weeks, all donations will be matched by an anonymous donor from the community up to $50,000. Donations may be given immediately, and volunteer registration will be available Sept. 24. To learn more, visit www.warsawmobilepack.com

Just three of the volunteers from last year.

Last year 1,003,104 meals were packed and shipped to Haiti, Uganda and Honduras. The meals packed was enough food for 2,748 kids to have one meal per day for an entire year. There were over 5,000 community volunteers, with approximately 2,000 students from Warsaw Community Schools.

Community members can support this MobilePack by making a donation to cover meal costs, or by volunteering to package food at the event.

Checks can be mailed to: Feed My Starving Children – Warsaw Mobilepack, c/o Mr. David Wayne
2104 Sally St., Warsaw, IN 46580

A Christian non-profit founded in 1987, Feed My Starving Children tackles world hunger by sending volunteer-packed, nutritious meals to 70 countries, where they’re used to operate orphanages, schools, clinics and feeding programs to break the cycle of poverty. Last year, FMSC welcomed nearly 900,000 volunteers to pack more than 229 million meals.

MobilePack events enable children and adults across the United States to pack FMSC’s life-giving MannaPack meals. Churches, businesses, community groups and schools in more than 35 states have hosted these food-packing events as a way to foster teamwork and unity, while making a real difference in the fight to prevent and reverse malnutrition. FMSC provides guidance and logistics. Local donors and volunteers provide funds and labor to pack the meals.

Just one of thousands who receive the mobilepacks