Rise Against Hunger

September 7, 2019

On Saturday, September 7, 2019, our PLUM congregations and St. John's Lutheran Church (North Versailles) accomplished an amazing feat.  In 1 ¾ hours, our 84 PLUM & St. John's volunteers put together 15,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger, and our monetary donations covered the shipping cost for these meals.  PLUM collected $3,500.77 and St. John's collected $1,725.00 - for a total of $5,165.77!  All of those in attendance enjoyed the high-paced production line - and many asked if we could do it again next year and increase the meal count.  So, whether you assembled the boxes, replenished the bins, worked on the assembly line, served as a runner, weighed the packages, sealed the packages, assembled the boxes for shipping or helped to load or unload the truck; all of us worked as a team to accomplish the task at hand.  Thank you!  The packaged meals that we prepared will go on to many school programs in third world countries to help eradicate world hunger. 

Here's the link to the photo album.  They are all downloadable.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vBTKkZpdkHkgJSLHA (photos are courtesy of Rev. Martin Rafanan)

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