Food Packaging Event by Breann Crain

Africa Harvest of Hope Food Packaging Event
The Goal: To package more the 100,000 meals through 500 volunteers in just a few hours
Location: University of Redlands, University Hall, Rm 214
Date: March 27, 2010
Time: 10 am to 5 pm
What do I do: Keep reading to find out

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~AnneFrank

Start changing the world… feed a child.
Africa Harvest of Hope is having a Food Packaging Event right in your neighborhood. This will be my second event and if you are wondering what a food packaging event is, let me tell you.
When you walk into the University Hall, the sites and sounds will transport you to Tanzania. The colors, textures, and patterns will make up the backdrop to the entrance of the event. Take some time to walk around and look at the beautiful faces; so many happy, smiling children. Next, you will register, after you register, the magic begins. Hundreds of strangers will be working around long tables in a well coordinated assembly line. A volunteer will take you to a station and train you on your position.
Starting at the head of the table there are three buckets. One bucket contains white rice, another contains dried soy protein, and the last contains dried vegetables. One cup of each goes into a bag. The bag moves down the table where a vitamin bullion is added. Next the bag is weighed to ensure proper shipping. Then the bag is sealed. When thirty-six bags are sealed, they are boxed up. In one hour, a table can box up hundreds of bags. Each bag contains four to six meals.
Your whole family can help. This is a great way for your children to be involved. It is recommended that the children be 8 years or older. Gather your friends. Call your neighbors. This is also a great way to earn some community service hours, which is needed for most high school athletes. You can work for as little as one hour. Or stay as long as you like.
Throughout the day you will be inspired, lifted up, prayed over. It is a God filled day. God's children will be fed through your labor of love. But each package of food is so much more than just food.
The food helps support a local orphanage. Africa Harvest of Hope is a school/orphanage in Tanzania. At this school children have found refuge. They learn what God's love really means. They have found community amongst themselves. They have learned skills to become a contributing member in their own society. They have found acceptance. There are close to thirty school age children currently living at Harvest of Hope orphanage in Korogwe, Tanzania.
Individually, we can do very little to change the world but together we can change the world one child at a time. If you have ever read the statistics about orphans world wide, you may feel helpless. You might say, there are so many children and what can I possibly do to help? Here is your answer. Come see what one person can do and find out for yourself how easy it is to make a difference, together.
"So you see, faith by itself isn't enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless."--James 2:17