In Fairfax, VA, Paul VI Catholic High School students are preparing to organize their Stop Hunger Now meal packaging event. Two years ago, two students, Stephanie and Teresa Neves started the Stop Hunger Now event to promote awareness about world hunger among their fellow students.
At this event, several hundred volunteers get together and are seated in rows with tables in a large room. They make their own assembly line by having one row put rice, soy, and dehydrated vegetables into plastic bags and the next row will finish the bags off by adding flavor packets with vitamins. They then weigh and seal the packages and put them into cardboard boxes before putting them on the trucks. After 1,000 meals are packed, they ring a gong to keep the excitement going in the volunteers.
Last year, they had 200 students volunteer and together, they packaged more than 35,000 meals. March 11th, they want to raise $10,210, which would be about 200 more meals packed than last year.
Move For Hunger is helping with this battle by aiding the battle of hunger in America. Visit our website and read about how the organization helps out with fundraiser events and more! http://moveforhunger.org/events/
