'Feed My Starving Children' Off to Good Start

An effort to provide 500,000 meals for malnourished children around the world is off to a good start, thanks to Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo donated $5,000 to event, which will cover the cost of more than 20,000 meals.

The event is made up of volunteers that help pack these meals for starving children.

“Each meal we pack costs 24 cents so this sponsorship will pay for 20,800 meals,” said Kris Glass, a coordinator of the mobile pack event. “We appreciate Wells Fargo’s support – the second year that they have stepped forward as a major sponsor of this great event.”

Danette Moser, vice president and regional finance manager for Wells Fargo, said the company helped out with a grant last year and many employees volunteered their time to pack meals.

“This is a great way to bring our community together during the Thanksgiving season,” Moser said.

Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit organization that coordinates with MobilePack events to get volunteers to combine and pack ingredients scientifically formulated to address the needs of malnourished children.

In most cases, the free food is used to operate orphanages, schools, clinics, and community feeding programs that contribute to long-term community development. Ninety-three percent of the donations to FMSC go directly to the food program. Feed My Starving Children distributes nutritious meals to nearly 70 countries through more than 90 missions and humanitarian agencies.

The next MobilePack Event will be held Nov. 16-19 at in Roseville.

For more information about the event, go to the website here.

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You can also follow the effort group on Twitter at @SacramentoFMSC and Facebook at Sacramento Region FMSC Mobile Pack www.Facebook.com/SacramentoRegionFMSC. For more information on Feed My Starving Children, please visit www.fmsc.org.