feature photo courtesy of Carolyn Bickford.
(Le Mars) — Hundreds of volunteers ranging from 4 years of age on up are helping package meals for the “Then Feed Just One” program. The food packaging program is taking place today at Gehlen Catholic School. Carolyn Bickford helps with the coordination of the annual meal packaging event. She
says the 1 millionth meal was packaged earlier this morning.
Bickford says the packaged meals consist rice, dried vegetables, soy textured protein, and vitamins and minerals. The meals have a final destination of Honduras.
Bickford has visited Honduras on many occasions through the Mission Honduras program, so she has witnessed the start of the Then Feed Just One meal packaging to when the Honduran children actually consume the packaged meals.
Today’s event is scheduled to end at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. Bickford says if anybody wants to help, they are welcome, to participate, or you can view the packaging event.
