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another two hours well spent, happy holidays

December 28th, 2008
by Michael

The day after Christmas, we trekked out to Aurora, IL with some of our extended family to the Feed My Starving Children facility to pack food for children in developing nations that are literally eating dirt and rocks to stave off feelings of hunger.

• 2 hours
• 84 volunteers
• 102 boxes of food
• 22,032 meals
• 60.5 kids fed for a year

This is the second time Chris and I have been there with Aidan. We’re thinking about making it a monthly excursion; perhaps we will invite some of our friends to join us. The more hands the better of course. It is a humbling experience to think about all that we have in the United States where even the poorest do not endure the agony of absolute famine. Today, we worked with our family and about 75 other people to package food that will be shipped to children around the world–children like Murana from Haiti pictured below.

Murana before FMSC assistance   Murana, starving,
  before receiving FMSC help.

Murana 3 and a half months after FMSC assistance   Murana, 3 1/2 months after
  receiving FMSC help
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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  • 1 Celeste Dec 29, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    What a wonderful thing to do, yes, we are so blessed to have as much as we have. This picture has to bring tears to your eyes or you have no heart.
    So Please have a heart and help out. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and I know that others will help out as well. I will, and I will tell my friends about this chance to help our children.