PHOENIX - At Esperanza Lutheran Church, volunteers are packing inside so they can help pack up and ship thousands of meals -- part of Arizona's 1st Million Meal Packing Event.
This weekend, three of the four participating Valley churches still need volunteers to pack 1 million meals for a program that's called "Feed My Starving Children."
Organizers say the 1 million meals are enough to feed more than 2,700 children for a year.
They are hoping more people will to step forward to help the thousands of volunteers pack the life-saving meals.
They are also asking for monetary donations - they need $170,000 - to pay for production costs.
Here's how you can help:
Raise funds: $40 pays for the ingredients and $62 feeds a child for a year.
Organizers are also asking Valley residents to generate interest for volunteers at local churches, and organize a special missions offering to help fund the event.
Event locations:
Esperanza Lutheran Church (Phoenix – Ahwatukee)
Peace Lutheran Church (Peoria)
La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church (Scottsdale)
Love of Christ Lutheran Church (Mesa)
Registration is now open at
www.fmsc.org/mobilepack/az To make an online donation go to
www.fmsc.org/mobilepack/az/donate
