Truckload of Life

Feeding the world … One meal at a time

Harvest of Hands raises funds to help fight world hunger locally and globally. On Sunday, April 15 2012, they will host a “Truckload of Life” community packaging event at Zion. At least 100,000 meals will be packaged for those in need in underdeveloped countries, and awareness of the hunger need in the local community and around the world will be promoted.

Details

Packaging will take place on Sunday, April 15, 2012, starting at 8:30am.
At least 100,000 meals will be packaged. Each meal includes rice, soy, vegetables and vitamins, and they are packaged as bags of six meals.
$25,000 (March newsletter contained a misprint) is needed to fund the packaging (25c per meal, shipping included).
Surplus funds will help local families through the Buffalo Food Shelf.

Participants include the entire congregation of Zion Lutheran (particularly the Harvest of Hands group, Sunday School students, and youth), other Buffalo area churches, and others from the Buffalo community.

Zion is partnering with OutReach International—Kids Care, based in Union, Iowa, a non-profit, development organization providing sustainable programs for food, water, education, medical, and commerce that produce measurable change. Kids Care packages meals for the most vulnerable around the world.

Non-perishable food items will be collected for the Buffalo Food Shelf the day of the packaging event. In addition, any funds over the packaging event cost will be donated to the Buffalo Food Shelf.

How to Get Involved

Make a donation to support Truckload of Life (enter your desired donation amount under quantity on the next page)
Choose your volunteer shift
Print an event poster for a community bulletin board or local business
Print info cards to give to friend or put on your counter

PS Check out the photos from our mini packing event in 2011

Updates

We Did It – 100,008 Meals! By Joy Arens and Linda Nerothin April 15, 2012 … what an amazing day it was at Zion! It all started in April of 2011 when Zion packaged 23,000 meals in partnership with Outreach International of Union, Iowa. That was a great day, but we thought we c...
Parent Volunteers Needed for Packaging Event Extra parent volunteers are needed to help students package during the Sunday school shifts at the Truckload of Life project on April 15. These volunteers will help the younger students package and help keep the bins filled so the kids can keep moving alo...
Sign Up Now for Truckload of Life On Sunday, April 15 2012, Zion will host a “Truckload of Life” community packaging event! At least 100,000 meals will be packaged for those in need in underdeveloped countries, and awareness of the hunger need in the local community and around the worl...