In the bag(s)

 This evening our church held its seventh annual (with time off for the pandemic) food bagging event.  In conjunction with a group called 216 we bag a combination of dried vegetables, soy, rice and a packet of vitamins which can reverse the effects of malnutrition in sealed bags that can be shipped anywhere and, when boiled in water, will make a nutritious and pretty tasty soup.  Each bag holds four meals.  Every thing is set up assembly line style and teams of seven to ten people pour in ingredients, measure the weight, seal the bags and box them up, 36 bags to a box.  There were seventy people there this evening and together, in just a little over two hours, we prepped and boxed 25,000 meals.  These meals are heading for Haiti.  I had an easy job.  My part in the assembly line process was to weigh the filled bags, then add or take out a little rice until each bag weighed between 395 and 400 grams.  A little repetitious but the best way I know to fix 25,000 meals.  In case you're wondering, and I'm sure you are, our team of seven filled 13 boxes, 36 bags per box.  We weren't the speediest team (or the youngest) but we did our share.