Jasper County Hunger Relief Meal Packaging event

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will host the Jasper County Hunger Relief (formerly Jasper County Take Away Hunger) meal packaging event starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 26.

The Jasper County Hunger Relief Board has partnered with The Outreach Program and has packaged a variety of new meals. Each team participates in an assembly line that package 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 288 local families 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, including youth groups, service clubs, businesses, church groups and individuals. Contact Bill Bennett by email at jaspercohunger@gmail.com or phone at 515-257-6460 to reserve a one-hour time slot for your team. The deadline to register is Sunday, April 20.

Jasper County volunteers have packaged more than 705,000 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.

Jasper County Hunger Relief is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation dedicated to the goal of reducing hunger and food insecurity. Its approach to achieving this goal is the packaging of highly nutritious, vitamin-fortified meals by volunteers at locations around Jasper County and the distribution of those meals to food-insecure children and their families.