This weekend, members from every campus of Christ Fellowship Church will gather and package meals with the largest number of participants at a single event in humanitarian food-packaging event history.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 3/12/2015– With 2.5 million people living in extreme poverty, Haiti is the poorest country in the world. Two out of every three Haitians live on less than $2 per day. The devastating effects of the 2010 earthquake are still all too real for many Haitians that are living on the streets with nothing to eat. The need to provide nutritious food for the impoverished people of Haiti is more important now than ever.
Food Aid International, Inc. (FAI), an Atlanta-based non-profit, is very excited to partner with Christ Fellowship Church to mobilize 15,000 volunteers to package meals that will be sent to New Life Children’s Home in Haiti and parts of Africa. Twenty-six packaging events will take place this weekend at six campuses in South Florida and one in New York City. Additionally, hundreds of people who are part of the online campus are participating by writing prayers for each meal. By Sunday evening, the volunteers will have packaged over 280,000 meals that will be used to feed Haitian children and children in parts of Africa.
“The packaging events this weekend will be monumental,” said Dr. Chris Leader, president of Food Aid International. “The sheer number of volunteers serving alongside each other with one common goal – to fight and end world hunger – is unprecedented.” FAI has been sending meals to relief organizations and orphanages in Haiti since 2009. “It’s always a joy to work with new partners, both in the US and abroad,” Leader said. “We hope to bless children in Haiti and Africa through the tremendous and faithful efforts of Christ Fellowship Church.”
The New Life Children’s Home serves to help the poor, sick, abandoned and/or orphaned children across the nation of Haiti. The home provides full-time care for 130 boys and girls. They receive medical care, education, housing, food, and water. Christ Fellowship is proud to join the fight against world hunger and bring hope to the hungry.
The hashtag for this event on social media is #MakeAMeal.
About Christ Fellowship Church
Christ Fellowship is a non-denominational church with multiple regional campuses in West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Okeechobee, Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Stuart, New York City and online. The church’s mission is to impact the world with the love and message of Jesus Christ… everyone, everyday, everywhere. Christ Fellowship is involved in missions locally and around the world. More about Christ Fellowship is at: goChristFellowship.com
About Food Aid International, Inc.
Food Aid International is a humanitarian, global, IRS approved 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has joined the fight against poverty and world hunger. Food Aid packages and ships malnutrition-fighting meals to starving children around the world. In a world where 16,000 children die every day due to hunger related illness, Food Aid International seeks to mobilize volunteers to package meal, ship meals, and save lives! We truly believe that through strategic partnerships, there is hope for the hungry.
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How You Can Make a Difference
Would you like your church, school, business, or club to take action? Do you personally want to join in the fight against hunger and malnutrition? Visit our website http://food-aid.org to find out how you can get involved and change lives!
