July 28th--Oh, what a day!
As part of their Love Week 2024 activities, Elevation Church, Mississauga held a Kids Against Hunger Canada food packing event and we were chosen to be the recipients of all the boxes packed on Sunday!
There were an astounding 420 volunteers from their congregation helping prep the food in 12 assembly lines.
We were given 188 boxes of food!!!
Let's do some math...
36 bags in each box, a day's worth of nutrition for 6 people in each bag
Each box weighs 33 pounds (15 kg)
That's over 41,000 meals and over 6000 pounds!
We are so incredibly grateful for this beautiful donation and the joyful volunteers who made it such a successful event! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who made this possible!
As for the trips to the shipper--also done today--see the Shipping Project Page!
October Update
There were so many boxes that our shipper spread them over two shipments! The distribution was completed in October and 370 students, as well as their families, will benefit from this nutritionally balanced food!
Just take a look at the photo album to see the delight! Nourished minds are minds that are better prepared to learn!