Volunteers Donate Time, Hours For Needy Kids
Clare Community Leaders Hope To Pack 115,000 Meals
POSTED: 1:56 pm EST November 6,
2009
UPDATED: 2:11 pm EST November 6,
2009
CLARE, Mich. -- Over 560 volunteers in Clare will be packing meals for starving children starting Friday.Through collaboration between a Clare organizational team and Minnesota-based Feed My Starving Children, volunteers will prepare 115,000 meals containing rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables, vitamins and minerals.The event will take place through Saturday in a Clare warehouse located at 302 E. 4th St. at Hemlock St.In all, members of the Clare community helped raise $20,000 for the organization.Officials said a single bag of food -- which provides meals for six children -- costs around $1 to produce.In 2008, FMSC sent 73.6 million meals around the world and had more than 310,000 volunteers.
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