"Send Hunger Packing" with the Clubs of Ann Arbor

This service project is being hosted by the three Rotary Clubs in town; Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor West and Ann Arbor North. It will be an area-wide event that will use an assembly-line process to produce packets of ingredients for “one-pot” meals that will be distributed both locally and internationally with some stored for emergencies. It will complement our club’s annual local food drive as well as provide a big boost to the public image of Rotary in our area. The event will be held in the cafeteria at Ann Arbor Pioneer High on the morning of Saturday, November 5. The U-M football team will be playing at Rutgers later that day.

The actual event is made up of multiple lines with volunteers stationed at long tables. Empty bags start at one end and are passed along where they are filled with the rice, soy, dried vegetables, spices, vitamins, and flavoring.

Participants in this project can be as young as elementary school age so it can be an event for the entire family.

Our goals are to pack 30,000 meals in fewer than two hours using 150 volunteers and $10, 500 in donations.

Our partner in this effort is Kids’ Coalition Against Hunger (KCAH), a Southeast Michigan nonprofit that will be providing the supplies, equipment, experience, and organization to make this an exceptionally effective and efficient way to help “Send Hunger Packing.” More information on KCAH and its work are available on their website at www.kcah.info.

To donate toward the cost and/or volunteer to participate: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTU2Mjg3

Questions: Please contact John White at sendhungerpacking@a2rotary.org

p.s. Here is an inspirational four-minute video of the packing event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc1cofDlB2o