11,000 Meals

Last night I went with my co-worker Elizabeth and her family to volunteer at Feed my Starving Children. They have a location in Eden Prairie. When we got there they had us put on some spiffy hair nets. Then we watched a video about how many children die each day from starvation.

Then the staff showed us how to put together the bags of meals that were to later be shipped out to impoverished countries. I was surprised by what goes into each bag! Apparently they worked with Cargill to get four nutritious ingredient blends made. One is a chicken flavored stock that contains nutrients needed to survive, then there is a soy based ingredient for protein, we also added what looked like freeze dried vegetables, and finally rice.

I got to be in charge of using the bag sealer, which was pretty slick. Our group made over 11,000 meals...enough to feed 33 kids for a year. It was amazing what we were able to accomplish in such a short time.