Organizers at The University of Toledo are seeking volunteers and donations for an annual hunger-relief, food-packing event next month.
More than 800 volunteers will gather in shifts at UToledo to assemble more than 163,000 meals to feed families in Ukraine and other areas in need around the world Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, in the Health Education Building on Main Campus.
More than 800 volunteers will gather in shifts at UToledo to assemble more than 163,000 meals to feed families in Ukraine and other areas in need around the world April 1-2, in the Health Education Building on Main Campus.
If the goal is met, 447 children will receive a meal daily for a year.
The two-day mobile pack, part of the Feed My Starving Children program, is organized by UToledo students who are members of UToledo’s Klar Leadership Academy in the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation. The academy was founded in 2015 with the support of Steven Klar, a 1971 UToledo business alumnus and a New York City builder and real estate developer.
Feed My Starving Children is a nonprofit organization based in Minnesota dedicated to providing nutritious meals to children in need around the world.
Hundreds of UToledo students, employees and alumni, as well as teams from companies around Toledo, will split into groups to assemble nutritious rice meals with vegetable blend, vitamins and minerals. The meals are scientifically formulated for undernourished children.
Donations are used to purchase meal ingredients.
The shifts will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, and from 9 to 11 a.m., noon to 2 p.m., 3 to 5 p.m. and 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2.
“It has been heartwarming and humbling working with our Klar Leadership Academy students to fundraise and organize this important and life-saving event,” said Dr. Jenell Wittmer, associate professor of management. “Many of our students have been deeply impacted by the events in Ukraine. The Feed My Starving Children organization is turning much of its focus to helping the people of Ukraine, so volunteering at and donating to our event is a very simple way to support those efforts.”
To make a monetary donation or volunteer for a shift, visit the Feed My Starving Children website.
“Volunteering is fun and is a great teambuilding event,” Wittmer said. “No special skills are needed. Bring your colleagues, teams and families.”
