Jasper County volunteers needed to package meals for hunger relief

Lynnville Friends Church will host the Jasper County Hunger Relief (formerly Jasper County Take Away Hunger) meal packaging event in one-hour time slots starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2.

The Jasper County Hunger Relief Board is partnering with The Outreach Program and has a variety of new meals to offer. Each team participates in an assembly line packaging simple nutritious meals following safety and health guidelines.

Volunteers are asked to form a team of 12 people for one hour of time, and a donation of $35 per person or $420 per team. Each team will package enough to serve 216 families locally with food insecurity. All donations will help cover the costs for the ingredients of the meals packaged.

Everyone is encouraged and invited to participate in this community service event. This includes youth groups, service clubs, businesses, church groups, and individuals. Contact Bill Bennett by email at jaspercohunger@gmail.com or by phone at 515-257-6460 to reserve a one-hour time slot for your team. The deadline to register is Sunday, Oct. 27.

Jasper County volunteers have packaged more than 700,000 meals at local events. The meals are primarily distributed locally in the Jasper County area through food banks, blessing boxes, other non-profits and churches.