246

246, that is the number of children who now have food to eat for a year.

today i volunteered for an organization called Feed My Starving Children.

we packaged a rice/stew mix that has been scientifically created to help those suffering from malnutrition and starvation. it's 100% vegetarian and not too bad (we got to try it).

i worked for 2 hours and in those 2 hours my table alone packed 21 boxes of food. that is 756 bags of food total. each bag is enough to feed a family of 6.

now that is just what my tiny group of 10 accomplished. overall, in that 2 hour block, a total of 280 people volunteered and helped package food. all in all, we packaged over 80,000 bags of food. that is enough to feed 246 children for a year.

incredible.

also, this organization has been pairing with Willow Creek Community Church (where i volunteered) for the past 4 weeks. this is the final week for packaging food. as of now they have packaged 4.2 MILLION bags of food.

i only wish i could hand deliver it all to those kids in Zimbabwe.

if you're interested in volunteering for FMSC at any time here is their site: http://www.fmsc.org/Page.aspx?pid=361

i haven't felt this good in a while. i recommend it to all. :)

pusshej,
jules