Over 100,000 meals packed for starving children

Over 100,000 meals packed for starving children

Featured image: One of three shifts, with each shift consisting of over 150 volunteers that gathered to pack meals.


By Tyler Pruett

tyler@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.— On Saturday, April 30, over 500 volunteers packed over 100000 meals for starving children around the globe. A local bible study group organized the “Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack,” at the DeKalb Civic Center. The volunteers packed food items specifically designed to help malnourished children recover to full health. The food will go with missionaries to countries around the world where the population includes starving children.

Over 100,000 meals packed for starving children
Members of the Two or More Bible Study Group.

The event’s goal was to pack 100,000 meals in one day, which also required them to raise the money to pay for the much-needed food. At 22 cents a meal, this worked out to $22,000 total. Feed my Starving Children exceeded their goal; packing 114,696 meals and organizing 501 volunteers. This is enough food to provide 314 starving children with one meal a day for a year!

The event was hosted by the “Two or More Bible Study” group. They are a bible study made up of men and women college age and older who meet weekly to study the word of God. Two or More is not affiliated with any specific church, and around eight to ten churches are represented in the group.

Luke Laney, organizer of the event and youth minister at Collinsville Baptist Church, saw first hand how important this food is to kids in third world countries while on a mission trip.

“I personally used these meals in 2014 to feed starving children in Nicaragua,”  Laney said, “and after our group packed meals in Chattanooga and Georgia, we decided we had to bring this event home to DeKalb.”

In a statement to the Torch, the group thanked God and the community they live in.

“We at Two or More Bible Study want to say thank you for all of the support you have given us over the last few months. (Saturday) was truly a worship experience and we were overwhelmed by how god used us and this event. We are so incredibly thankful to God and the wonderful community we live in for making this event possible,” Jacob Malone, a Two or More member and event co-organizer said in the statement.

This is the first year the group has brought a mobile pack to DeKalb County. After a successful first year, Two or More plans on increasing their goals and feeding many more children around the globe.

“We plan on bringing the event back to our area, and hope to present the opportunity for even more volunteers to be a part of this ministry,” Malone added.

You can find out more information about the Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack by visiting their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/twoormoremobilepack/.