Donations, Volunteers Sought for 'Starving Children'
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Through a partnership between Warsaw Community MobilePack and Feed My Starving Children, volunteers will prepare 1 million life-saving meals at the FMSC MobilePack™ event Oct. 9-11 at Madison Elementary School.
Scott Sterk and David Wayne are heading up the logistics of the event.
“I was involved with a smaller MobilePack with my church in another community and I invited David to be a part of that. After he left, we put our heads together and decided this was something that we thought our community would get behind and support both volunteer-wise and financially,” Sterk said.
Community members can support the MobilePack by making a donation to cover meal costs or by volunteering to package food at the event. Donations may be given immediately, and volunteer registration will begin Sept. 1.
“Feed My Starving Children packed 165 million meals in 2013 and a lot of those are done at their permanent sites, but then they have what they call a MobilePack. They will come to your community and it’s the same idea, only they bring the materials to your location. We fundraise 22 cents a meal to pay for the materials. We’ll need 5,000 volunteers from the community to come together and each volunteer will work a two-hour shift,” Sterk explained.
While 5,000 volunteers may seem like a lot of people, Sterk said, “We live in a generous community, I’m not too worried about that though.”
He said they are looking for families, individuals, churches, clubs, businesses and corporations to donate funds to help pay for the meals.
“I think a lot of the individual donations would come closer to the event, so here a couple of months ahead of time, we’re looking for corporate sponsors and some businesses to step up and get the fundraising started,” Sterk said.
As for the meals, he said FMSC will send them to where the biggest need is at the time of the event.
“When the hurricane went through the Philippines (in November), they sent 12 million meals there within six weeks,” he said.
FMSC has partnerships with over 70 organizations around the world “that work with these kids and families who are going to eat (the meals) and they know where the biggest need is at all times,” he said. “They promise that within two weeks of your event, kids will be eating your meals.”
Meals are scientifically made for malnourished people. It includes vitamin powder, dehydrated vegetables, soy protein and rice, Sterk said. “Which makes it appropriate for malnourished people, their bodies will accept it, and it’s culturally accepted worldwide.”
To learn more, visit www.warsawmobilepack.com From there will be links for more information and to volunteer.
According to information provided by Sterk, FMSC is a Christian non-profit founded in 1987. It tackles world hunger by sending volunteer-packed, nutritious meals to more than 70 countries, where they’re used in orphanages, schools, clinics and feeding programs to break the cycle of poverty.
Last year, FMSC welcomed nearly 800,000 volunteers to pack more than 191.6 million meals. The Minnesota-based charity spends 92 percent of total donations directly on feeding the hungry and has earned the highest four-star rating from Charity Navigator for nine consecutive years, the information states.
For more information, visit FMSC.org[[In-content Ad]]
Through a partnership between Warsaw Community MobilePack and Feed My Starving Children, volunteers will prepare 1 million life-saving meals at the FMSC MobilePack™ event Oct. 9-11 at Madison Elementary School.
Scott Sterk and David Wayne are heading up the logistics of the event.
“I was involved with a smaller MobilePack with my church in another community and I invited David to be a part of that. After he left, we put our heads together and decided this was something that we thought our community would get behind and support both volunteer-wise and financially,” Sterk said.
Community members can support the MobilePack by making a donation to cover meal costs or by volunteering to package food at the event. Donations may be given immediately, and volunteer registration will begin Sept. 1.
“Feed My Starving Children packed 165 million meals in 2013 and a lot of those are done at their permanent sites, but then they have what they call a MobilePack. They will come to your community and it’s the same idea, only they bring the materials to your location. We fundraise 22 cents a meal to pay for the materials. We’ll need 5,000 volunteers from the community to come together and each volunteer will work a two-hour shift,” Sterk explained.
While 5,000 volunteers may seem like a lot of people, Sterk said, “We live in a generous community, I’m not too worried about that though.”
He said they are looking for families, individuals, churches, clubs, businesses and corporations to donate funds to help pay for the meals.
“I think a lot of the individual donations would come closer to the event, so here a couple of months ahead of time, we’re looking for corporate sponsors and some businesses to step up and get the fundraising started,” Sterk said.
As for the meals, he said FMSC will send them to where the biggest need is at the time of the event.
“When the hurricane went through the Philippines (in November), they sent 12 million meals there within six weeks,” he said.
FMSC has partnerships with over 70 organizations around the world “that work with these kids and families who are going to eat (the meals) and they know where the biggest need is at all times,” he said. “They promise that within two weeks of your event, kids will be eating your meals.”
Meals are scientifically made for malnourished people. It includes vitamin powder, dehydrated vegetables, soy protein and rice, Sterk said. “Which makes it appropriate for malnourished people, their bodies will accept it, and it’s culturally accepted worldwide.”
To learn more, visit www.warsawmobilepack.com From there will be links for more information and to volunteer.
According to information provided by Sterk, FMSC is a Christian non-profit founded in 1987. It tackles world hunger by sending volunteer-packed, nutritious meals to more than 70 countries, where they’re used in orphanages, schools, clinics and feeding programs to break the cycle of poverty.
Last year, FMSC welcomed nearly 800,000 volunteers to pack more than 191.6 million meals. The Minnesota-based charity spends 92 percent of total donations directly on feeding the hungry and has earned the highest four-star rating from Charity Navigator for nine consecutive years, the information states.
For more information, visit FMSC.org[[In-content Ad]]
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