This evening several volunteers gathered at the church for free pizza and the chance to help pack 25,000 meals for the 216 meal packing project. This is the eighth year that our church has been involved with this project and I think I've helped with all of them. It's really a very efficient way to prep nutritious meals to be sent to hungry areas of the world. Four ingredients, a nutrition packet of vitamins, rice, soy, and dried vegetables, are poured into half-gallon size plastic bags which are then heat sealed and loaded into boxes. 36 bags (each good for five meals) in each box. This evening we reached a new goal, 150 filled boxes, which equals 27,000 meals. Our team, admittedly older and slower than some teams, filled 15 boxes which was average. Two teams tied for top honors, each filling 18 boxes, and all of this was done in two hours. This year our meals will be sent to Moldova and Poland to help feed Ukrainian refugees.
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