Make 2018 Your Year to Volunteer

Make volunteering your 2018 New Year’s resolution! Join “It Takes a Village – Yorkville” for the 2nd annual Feed My Starving Children Yorkville Mobile Pack Event at the Yorkville Middle School.

On January 12 and 13, community volunteers will be packing 202,000 meals for Feed My Starving Children, a non-profit organization that provides packed meals specifically formulated for malnourished children.

“We started this effort last year, and were overwhelmed by the amazing community response and can’t wait to see it again,” said Katie Morton, event organizer. “In January, we will be flooding the Yorkville Middle School cafeteria with people looking to make a difference in the world. This is a local opportunity to gather friends, family, and coworkers, and to spend two hours of your time to make a huge impact in the lives of starving children around the world.”

Given last year’s success, Morton said the group doubled the previous goal and pledged to pay for and pack more than 200,000 meals at the 2018 event. To do so, they are raising $44,500 to pay for the food and 1,000 volunteers are needed.

“You can be a corporate sponsor, individual sponsor, $80 child sponsor, a two-hour shift volunteer – there are all sorts of different ways to give, and I have no doubt we can do it!” said Morton.

Anyone ages 5 and older can volunteer to pack meals, she added, and there is no cost to volunteer.

For safety reasons, children younger than the age of 5 are not allowed in the packing area. When registering, please follow this student-to-adult ratio: grades K-2 should have 1 student to 1 adult; grades 3-6, 3 students to 1 adult; grades 7-9, 4 students to 1 adult; and grades 10-12: 5 students to 1 adult.

“During the packing event, we will be giving away 500 Raging Waves passes to some of our adult volunteers,” said Morton. “You will definitely not want to miss this. We only have 1000 total volunteer spots so please sign up today.”

To learn more, visit mobilepack.org/ and to directly sign up for a time slot, scroll down and look for the blue “click here to volunteer” button. Click and complete the Google document to secure your volunteer slot. For questions, contact Katie Morton at 630-202-0901 or mortonkate@comcast.net.