Feed the Hunger Packathon
Over the past 100 years, missions have been very important to HBBC and the community. We hope you will plan to be a part of this intergenerational opportunity to work together as a church to package nutritious meals for children around the world. Feed the Hunger provides nutritious meals, Bibles, and school supplies so that children can thrive and know the hope of Christ. Our goal this year is to pack 27,600 meals, filling three pallets.
Preschoolers, children, youth, and their families will package food during the Sunday School hour, 9:30-10:45 AM. Following worship, we will have a light lunch in Hailey Hall for those signed up for the afternoon and begin our second shift of packing food at 12:45 PM in the gym.
Teams of volunteers assemble four ingredients: a carbohydrate (rice or pasta), a protein (soy or dehydrated pinto beans), dehydrated vegetables, and vitamin powder. These ingredients, which together provide complete nutrition, are packaged in six-serving meal packets that are then weighed, sealed, and boxed. Packathons take place in a friendly, high-energy environment, and we welcome participants ages 3 to 103! Each shift begins with a brief instructional message so volunteers clearly understand the various tasks and ends with a short time of celebration over how many life-saving meals were packed during that shift.
