For the third year, Orange Plaza Rotary hosted a food packaging event to box meals for hungry families around the world.  Working with the organization Rise Against Hunger (fka “Stop Hunger Now”), Rotarians gathered more than 2 dozen community volunteers to assist in the event.

The January 20th event was held in the Orange Public Library community room and attracted even more volunteers as they visited the library!  This project is another example of the club’s focus on hands-on service that families can do with their children.  Kids as young as five served as “runners” and helped label the completed packages.

More than 11,000 meals were prepared and will be shipped to areas such as the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

The project was funded, in part, by a grant from the Rotary Foundation and Rotary District 5320.  Other costs were underwritten from the proceeds of the annual Orange Plaza Car Show.