Feed My Starving Children
Fred Lynch
Sunday, December 9, 2012
LaCroix Church sponsors its fifth MobilePack event for Feed My Starving Children Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Osage Centre.
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Donna Asendorf, left, checks the weight of the MannaPack Rice meals with Dale Clarke and Nathan Clarke. Each meal must weigh 380 to 400 grams.
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Volunteers from Cape Christian School, from left, Zak Mayfield, Nathan Lewis, Heidi Elder, Zach Lewis and Christina Lewis assemble MannaPack Rice meals for Feed My Starving Children at the MobilePack event Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at the Osage Centre.
(Fred Lynch)
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Lindsey Hale and her daughter, MaeLee Hale, work on the MannaPack Rice line at the Osage Centre.
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Dorothy Evans, left, Dolores Meyr, Glenda Wunderlich, Sandy Nagel and Mandy Evans operate a MannaPack Rice line at the Osage Centre.
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Cami Reis, right, and Carter Reis of Jackson operated the sealer for some of the 500,000 MannaPack Rice meals to be packed for Feed My Starving Children Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at the Osage Centre. The work of about 2,700 volunteers, during seven 2-hour shifts at the two-day MobilePack event sponsored by LaCroix Church, will weigh about 42 tons. A bag of food costing about $1.32 will feed six children. The organization ships meals to 70 countries.
(Fred Lynch)
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Volunteers attach "Best Before June 2014" labels to the MannaPack Rice bags.
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John Caldwell, left, and Tim McClard scoop rice to fill the bins for the packing lines.
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Steve Fritzler adds soy nuggets and rice to a MannaPack Rice meal.
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MannaPack Rice meals are ready to be boxed.