Jasper County Hunger Relief meal packaging event

Lynnville Friends Church will host the Jasper County Hunger Relief (formerly Jasper County Take Away Hunger) meal packaging event Saturday, Aug. 23. The Jasper County Hunger Relief Board has partnered with The Outreach Program and have packaged a variety of new meals.

Each team participates in an assembly line that packages simple, nutritious meals following safety and health guidelines. Volunteers are asked to form a team of twelve people for one hour of time, and a donation of $35 per person or $420 per team. Each team will assemble enough meal packages to serve 288 local families with food insecurity. All donations will help cover the costs for the ingredients of the meals packaged.

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 starting at 9 a.m. The deadline to register is Sunday, Aug. 17.

Everyone is encouraged and invited to participate in this community service event. This includes youth groups, service clubs, businesses, church groups and individuals.

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.