February 11 - 13, 2010 at First Friends Church - 5545 Market Ave
HSM's Food For Children, First Friends Church, and Malone University are partnering to feed starving children in Burkina Faso, West Africa. You can be a part of this exciting event.
What is a mobile packaging?
At our Heaven Sent Ministries facility in Princeton, WV, we have an area where we package this fortified food, box it up and ship it to various countries throughout the world. With a mobile packaging, we take this process on the road so we can package a large amount of food in a short period of time.
How do I get involved?
To sign up, contact Carol Gresham at First Friends Church (330) 966-2800 www.firstfriends.org. If you are a Malone University student, faculty or staff member, contact Mark Bankert - Associate Athletic Director at (330) 471-8293.
How does it work?
We will set up 4 or 5 "lines" of 15 people each to package food. Each person has a specific job - pour in the ingredients, weigh the bags, seal them, box them up and then stack them on a pallet.
How much food can one group package?
We estimate that a group of 15 will generally package 15 boxes of food during a 2 hour session. Some will do more, some will do less. It averages out to one box per person.
How much food can we package?
Our minumum goal is to package 500 boxes which is 108,000 meals. We don't want to limit what God can accomplish through this event. We are prepared to fill an entire shipping container - 1,000 boxes or 216,000 meals to the children of Burkina Faso.
What is in the food?
Click here to learn more about our food.
Where does the food go?
Although we send food to many countries throughout the word, this particular food is going to missionaries working in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
How is the food distributed?
This food will be given to children living in an orphanage run by our missonary friends, to widows and to HIV/Aids victims living in the village nearby. Our only requirements are that the food be given freely, and that it be sent in the name of Jesus. We have heard amazing stories of people being saved not only physically, but spiritually as well through the contacts made by providing food.
