Org. 4 – Feed My Starving Children

This was the second time for me here. Here is their basic background : Feed My Starving Children® is a non-profit Christian organization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and we ship these meals to our distribution partners. FMSC meals have reached nearly 70 countries around the world in our history. What happens when you first get here is hairnet, short video, and then quick tutorial.

Each person is assigned a station on the assembly line, one for vitamins and veggies, one for soy flakes and rice, 2 to bag, one to weigh, one to seal, and one to box. This time I was a bagger and unfortunately placed across from a grumpy high schooler who was there because she needed community service hours for school. In the two hours we packaged the manna meal I was hit in the face twice with dehydrated veggies and inhaled a cloud of vitamin dust. After the packaging the group goes into the warehouse and says a prayer over the cartons for a safe delivery of the food and for the children it is going to. Since I am not religious I did not participate in the prayer, but I did observe it. They do understand that not all the people who volunteer are religious. Unlike local food banks most of the meals packaged here are sent to third world countries. At the end of the session they tell you how much you boxed and ask you to make a donation to pay it forward to the next group of volunteers.

Here is their website if anyone is interested in volunteering. http://www.fmsc.org/