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THANK YOU to the 400 volunteers who turned out on January 25 and packaged 60,000 meals!
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60,000 Meals ... We Did It!
Vale Church's Stop Hunger Now event on January 25 was a great success, with hundreds of people coming together from across the community to make a lifesaving difference for thousands of people in the world.
Together, we packaged 60,000 meals in seven hours with nearly 400 volunteers! Stop Hunger Now just notified us that our meals were among 285,000 meals shipped to Nicaragua, where they will be distributed by their in-country NGO partner, ORPHANetwork. (See letter below) ORPHANetwork operates 155 feeding programs throughout the country that nourish nearly 80,000 abandoned, abused and at-risk children each day. If you enjoyed being part the Stop Hunger Now experience at Vale (or missed it but would like to get involved), there is another opportunity coming up on Saturday, April 18 at James Madison High School to be part of a team of 1,200 volunteers who will package 250,000 meals. To donate or volunteer, visit: http://www.novastophungernow.org/ Again, thank you to everyone who contributed to this effort to end hunger. We hope to see you on the 18th or at other future Stop Hunger Now events! — Steve Miska, Vale Church Missions Coordinator |
Letter to Vale from Stop Hunger Now
Our truck driver latches the door to the container full of meals that you helped package! Thank you!
Friends of Stop Hunger Now,
We are delighted to announce that meals from your meal packaging event have been shipped in a container with 285,120 meals from our National Capital warehouse in Ashburn, VA. The meals will be shipped through ORPHANetwork and received by our in country partner in Nicaragua. If this is the second email you have received, this simply means that your meals have gone to impact multiple places.
ORPHANetwork's mission is to equip orphans and at risk children in developing countries to fully realize their God-given potential. They serve abandoned, abused, and at-risk children in Nicaragua through various infrastructures including: the local church, local school systems, and orphanages.
ORPHANetwork supports 155 feeding programs throughout Nicaragua. Through these programs, almost 18,000 children are nourished each weekday. The communities serve are some of the poorest in Nicaragua and the feeding programs prevent children from becoming "social orphans." By guaranteeing one nutritious meal to these children each weekday, the probability that they will be able to continue living with their families increases significantly. The programs also serve the community holistically by drawing the children to school, monitoring their health, teaching on health and hygiene, working with pregnant mothers on pre-natal and infant health, providing a space for families to work together and connecting them to the local church. ORPHANetwork additionally supports six orphanages, which are home to over 300 children.
For more information check out www.orphanetwork.org.
Visit www.stophungernow.org for more information on how to continue your involvement in the fight against hunger and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stophungernow or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Hunger-Now-National-Capital/536864849690909 for updates, videos and photos from the field.
Thank you for generously donating your time as a volunteer with Stop Hunger Now. We are sincerely grateful for your dedication, and for sharing our vision of a world without hunger!
Sincerely,
Camille
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Camille Smith
Program Manager
Stop Hunger Now | National Capital
44645 Guilford Dr. Suite 210, Ashburn, VA 20147
703.774.9521 office
www.stophungernow.org
Working together to end world hunger
We are delighted to announce that meals from your meal packaging event have been shipped in a container with 285,120 meals from our National Capital warehouse in Ashburn, VA. The meals will be shipped through ORPHANetwork and received by our in country partner in Nicaragua. If this is the second email you have received, this simply means that your meals have gone to impact multiple places.
ORPHANetwork's mission is to equip orphans and at risk children in developing countries to fully realize their God-given potential. They serve abandoned, abused, and at-risk children in Nicaragua through various infrastructures including: the local church, local school systems, and orphanages.
ORPHANetwork supports 155 feeding programs throughout Nicaragua. Through these programs, almost 18,000 children are nourished each weekday. The communities serve are some of the poorest in Nicaragua and the feeding programs prevent children from becoming "social orphans." By guaranteeing one nutritious meal to these children each weekday, the probability that they will be able to continue living with their families increases significantly. The programs also serve the community holistically by drawing the children to school, monitoring their health, teaching on health and hygiene, working with pregnant mothers on pre-natal and infant health, providing a space for families to work together and connecting them to the local church. ORPHANetwork additionally supports six orphanages, which are home to over 300 children.
For more information check out www.orphanetwork.org.
Visit www.stophungernow.org for more information on how to continue your involvement in the fight against hunger and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stophungernow or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Hunger-Now-National-Capital/536864849690909 for updates, videos and photos from the field.
Thank you for generously donating your time as a volunteer with Stop Hunger Now. We are sincerely grateful for your dedication, and for sharing our vision of a world without hunger!
Sincerely,
Camille
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Camille Smith
Program Manager
Stop Hunger Now | National Capital
44645 Guilford Dr. Suite 210, Ashburn, VA 20147
703.774.9521 office
www.stophungernow.org
Working together to end world hunger