Community Invited to Help Provide 750,000 Meals for Hungry Kids

GOLDEN VALLEY, MINN. – Do the math—it matters… Every day, at least 6,200 children around the world die from undernutrition. Imagine how a million meals could make a meaningful difference! For the 12th consecutive year, Calvary Lutheran Church, Golden Valley, Minn., invites the community to help turn hunger into hope, this time by providing and packing 750,000 meals through a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) MobilePack™ event. The event will take place Saturday, Jan. 18, through Saturday, Jan. 25, at Calvary, which is located at 7520 Golden Valley Road.

Visit calvary.org/fmsc or call 763-231-2988 to make a donation and/or to register for a volunteer shift (see schedule online).

Working in two-hour shifts, volunteers will measure ingredients, fill bags, seal bags, pack boxes and stack pallets. Volunteers must be at least age 5, and student groups must follow the appropriate student-to-adult ratios (one to one through grade 2, three to one for grades 3-6, four to one for grades 7-9, five to one for grades 10-12).

The meals will be funded entirely through the financial contributions of individuals, groups and organizations. Donations to “FMSC” are being collected online, on site and by mail (Calvary Lutheran Church, 7520 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55427), with the goal of raising $180,000 (24 cents per meal).

MobilePack events enable children and adults across the United States to pack FMSC’s life-giving MannaPack meals. Churches, businesses, community groups and schools across the country have hosted these food-packing events as a way to foster teamwork and unity, while making a real difference in the fight to prevent and reverse malnutrition. FMSC provides guidance and logistics; local donors and volunteers provide funds and labor to pack the meals. FMSC's MannaPack™ Rice meals provide key nutrients a starving child needs to survive, and are distributed through various community settings: orphanages, schools, clinics, refugee camps and nutrition programs.

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) believes hope starts with food. As a Christian nonprofit, FMSC is dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. FMSC meals are hand-packed by volunteers and sent to an incredible network of partner organizations that stay with communities for the long haul, empowering them to move from relief to development. More than 1.3 million volunteers packed nearly 365 million FMSC meals in 2018. More than 91 percent of total donations go directly to feed kids. Visit fmsc.org to learn more.

The mission of Calvary Lutheran Church is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Established in 1946, Calvary offers six weekly worship services and a wide variety of ministries for children, youth and adults. For more information, call 763-545-5659 or visit calvary.org.

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