More than 65 SPC volunteers packed 9,406 food bags at SPC’s annual food packing event on March 19. The event included assembly stations with volunteers measuring and filling simple bags of rice, soy, dried vegetables and spices; weigh station tables and box packing areas, with designated runners moving the bags from station to station and finally to the large box truck in the parking lot.

Co-founded as Stop Hunger Now in 1998, the organization rebranded to become Rise Against Hunger in 2017. Since 1998 contributions have helped provide five hundred million meals to people in need around the world. Rise Against Hunger’s global initiative has been implementing sustainable community development projects ranging from the meal packaging program that harnesses the passion of local volunteers to promoting self-sufficiency and empowerment in communities, nourishing lives, and responding to emergencies.