Rise Against Hunger

More than 170 people from our community volunteered their time at this year’s third annual Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event on Saturday, February 1. In two short hours, the dedicated volunteers worked in teams to measure, weigh, seal, label and package nutritious meals containing rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and micro nutrient packets with twenty essential vitamins and minerals.

St. John’s had 41 volunteers attend the event on Saturday. This is more than double the number who participated in 2024. We had young, old, and many in between. We also contributed $2300 to help supply the nutrition supplements and food packed.

In total the group packaged more than 38,000 meals for those most in need. While it is not yet known where this year’s meals will be delivered, the meals from last year’s Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event were received in war-torn Ukraine and the year prior by an orphanage in Nicaragua. Rise also shared with volunteers the heartbreaking reality that for the majority of children receiving these meals, it will be their only meal of the day.