STOP HUNGER NOW Packing Event

On July 11 from 10-NOON, MTBA volunteers packed food (10,153 bags in 1 hour 13 minutes) for Stop Hunger Now at Mathews Baptist Church (8284 Buckley Hall Road, Hudgins, VA 23076).

 Meal-packaging events took place through a mobile operation that delivers ingredients and supplies. During the event, volunteers work in teams at each packaging station.

Volunteers set up and take down packaging stations and equipment, fill bins with raw ingredients, scoop ingredients into meal bags, weigh and seal the bags, box and stack them on pallets, and load the pallets and equipment onto a truck.

Meal-packaging events are a great way to educate volunteers about global hunger and inspire them to get more involved in fighting it. The events also give volunteers hands-on experience in leadership development, team-building, relationship-building, creative problem-solving, and goal-setting and achievement.