Community volunteers package 152,044 meals!
Another successful two days of meal packaging took place last week at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church fellowship hall in Humboldt March 14-15, as the local Meals from the Heartland committee and volunteers joined forces to package a total of 152,044 meals. In the photo above, Humboldt Middle School seventh grade students work one of the tables. Independent photo.
HUMBOLDT - One of the largest and longest community packaging events in the state of Iowa took place last week inside the Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church fellowship hall March 14-15.
Humboldt County Ministerial Association’s 13th annual Meals from the Heartland meal packaging event unfolded with the efforts of 450 students and teachers who packaged 57,672 meals on Friday, followed by over 300 community members on Saturday, who packaged 94,392 meals for a grand total of 152,044 meals packaged to feed the hungry.
The race meals packaged will be distributed throughout Iowa by the Food Bank of Iowa and to disaster victims in the United States. It also supports school lunch programs overseas.
To read the full story check out this week's issue of the Humboldt Independent!
