Local businesses ShareFile, RPG Solutions, Brooks Bell Interactive and S&A Cherokee partnered with Stop Hunger Now to sponsor a meal-packing event on Feb. 11, the one-month eve of Haiti’s 7.0 earthquake. Within one hour, 10,000 meals were stuffed, packed and ready to be shipped to survivors.
Stop Hunger Now, a Raleigh-based international hunger relief agency whose meals have helped feed over 50,000 survivors a day since the disaster, makes it easy for businesses to host an event. Hosts are responsible for raising funds to purchase the meals and providing the space and volunteers to pack them; Stop Hunger Now brings the supplies and does the rest.
Additional sponsors included Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Band Together NC and ROI Revolution. After meals were packed, volunteers shifted gears to networking over food provided by Bella Monica restaurant and beverages provided by Brooks Bell Interactive.
In addition to raising enough funds to cover the meals packed, the event brought in an additional $1,600 for Stop Hunger Now.
For additional information about meal-packing events, visit www.stophungernow.org or call (919) 839-0689.
Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief organization that coordinates the distribution of food and other life-saving aid around the world. Its meal packaging program provides volunteers the opportunity to package dehydrated, high protein, and highly nutritious meals. In its efforts to respond to emergencies around the world, Stop Hunger Now receives and distributes significant donations of in-kind aid including large quantities of food, medicines, medical supplies and other such items as may be of use in fighting hunger and providing relief in a crisis. For additional information, visit www.stophungernow.org or call (919) 839-0689.