December 7, 2014

Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event

More than 3,100 volunteers filled 800,000 bags with food to help children in famine-affected areas on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the sixth MobilePack event hosted by LaCroix Church at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Spencer Engelhardt, left, and Max Heuring assist with filling MannaPack rice bags at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Dennis Roth, right, checks the weight of a box of MannaPack rice bags before sealing by Bruce Scherer at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Volunteers wrap up the 3-day MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Emerson Pitts, left, pours soy as Ella Clifton waits to add rice on the MannaPack line at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau. More than 3,100 volunteers were expected to fill 800,000 bags with food over the 3-day event hosted by LaCroix Church.

Carlee Copeland stacks MannaPack rice bags at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Julia Whitaker holds a MannaPack rice bag for filling at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Pierce Robertson, left, and Ron Robertson operate the sealer on the MannaPack rice line at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Raleigh Davis packs rice bags into boxes for shipping at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Randy Begley scoops soy into tubs for the packing lines at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Cole Proffer seals a rice bag at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

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More than 3,100 volunteers filled 800,000 bags with food to help children in famine-affected areas on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the sixth MobilePack event hosted by LaCroix Church at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau.

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