Nov 8, 2024 | Featured, In the News, Meals of Hope News
The community is cordially invited to join the Rotary Club of Los Alamos to pack thousands of meals to help alleviate hunger in northern New Mexico. In celebration of Rotary International’s fight against hunger, on November 9th, the Rotary Club of Los Alamos is inviting everyone to join us in ana even broader community-wide effort.
The project will be graciously hosted at Crossroads Bible Church with dry food in bulk provided by Meals of Hope (MOH), a Florida-based food-packing organization that “inspires and empowers communities to come together to end hunger.”
Those who are unable to attend, but would like to support the work of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, are encouraged to make a tax-deductible donation to Los Alamos Rotary 1312, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation, at PO Box 986, Los Alamos, NM, 87544. Please write Meals of Hope in the memo line.
For more information about the event, please call Alison Pannell at 505-570-0629. You can also visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D4AA8A928AAFB6-52909650-rotary or https://rotarylosalamos.org/meals-of-hope/ to sign up or find out more.
Learn More about Meals of Hope
Ready to make a difference in your community? To learn more about Meals of Hope, read more here. To get you or your organization involved in our next meal packing event, fill out our form here. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Nov 8, 2024 | Featured, In the News, Meals of Hope News
Are you ready to make a difference in your community? The Marco Island Meals of Hope Packaging Event is right around the corner and is in need of VOLUNTEERS. This is a fun and family-friendly event and the PUBLIC IS INVITED! REGISTER your friends, club members, church groups or scout troops to help us pack over 200,000 meals in only two hours! Help us combat hunger in Collier County!
Packaging will take place on Saturday, November 9, 2024, from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM at the Marco Island Charter Middle School, 1401 Trinidad Avenue, Marco Island, FL 34145. Doors open at 8:00 AM for signing in. Please register yourself or group at www.mohmi.org.
Volunteers will staff 16-foot stations with 10 persons per station. Masks are optional, but head coverings or caps must be worn by all who are handling food products. Hair coverings and gloves are provided.
These packaging events bring together community volunteers who will package meals for distribution to those in need, free of charge. Funds raised by Marco Island’s Meals of Hope are 100% donations and are used to purchase the food products for the packaging event. Food packages are then distributed throughout Collier County by its accredited food bank partners.
Visit our website for more information and to register at www.mohmi.org. Contact Deb Henry at [email protected] for information. Donations are always gratefully accepted. Meals of Hope is an IRC 501 (c) (3) charitable entity.
Learn More about Meals of Hope
Ready to make a difference in your community? To learn more about Meals of Hope, read more here. To get you or your organization involved in our next meal packing event, fill out our form here. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Nov 6, 2024 | Featured, In the News, Meals of Hope News
Courtesy of NBC2 News (WBBH).
The event was organized by students and held at the Naples-based nonprofit Meals of Hope during a teacher training day.
NORTH NAPLES, Fla. — A group of high school students from Aubrey Rogers High School in northern Collier County spent their day off making a difference, packing meals at the Meals of Hope headquarters in North Naples.
The nonprofit supplies dehydrated food and encourages the community to assist in preparing meals for delivery across Collier County and the United States.
“We are a nonprofit focused on feeding communities in need, but the best part of Meals of Hope is that we like to get communities together to do it,” said Julyvette Pacheco, the community outreach manager for the nonprofit.
The event was sponsored and organized by 17-year-old Darren Nieves, a junior at Aubrey Rogers, who created a community service club at his school in May 2024.
“I was sitting in one of my classes, and another student and I were talking about nonprofits and just about, like, the difference that we can make at our school, Aubrey Rogers. It makes you feel really good, and you know, it’s going to a good cause. It’s not just something that we’re just doing. It has a lot of meaning to it,” Nieves said.
The club, organized via social media, has hosted numerous food drives on campus and is one of the largest clubs at the new high school, boasting more than 100 members. At the most recent event, the Superintendent of Collier County Public Schools joined in on the service.
“Look at the leadership of these kids. Look at their capacity for compassion. These kids are showing up for other people, and the average person who doesn’t get to be around high school kids or young kids today feels like it’s a me generation. These students are all about others,” said Dr. Leslie Ricciardelli, the superintendent of Collier County Public Schools.
“You get to feed an incredible amount of families. Over 4,000 families go to each one of their food pantries a week, and that’s the biggest deciding factor. Christmas time is huge, and so is Thanksgiving. We plan to do food drives through our school. It’s definitely not stopping here,” Nieves said.
Learn More about Meals of Hope
Ready to make a difference in your community? To learn more about Meals of Hope, read more here. To get you or your organization involved in our next meal packing event, fill out our form here. We can’t wait to hear from you!
