Rotary Club of South Jacksonville To Prepare 14,000 Meals For The World's Hunger Needs

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Sept. 26, 2017 - PRLog -- In conjunction with the Rise Against Hunger organization and with the assistance of the Interact Club of Bishop Kenny, the Rotary Club of South Jacksonville will meet on October 7 at 2:30 p.m. at Bishop Kenny to prepare over 14,000 meals which will be distributed to third world countries and those areas with hunger issues.

The highly nutritious dehydrated meals consist of rice, soy, vegetables, and 23 essential vitamins and minerals. The cost per meal is 29 cents. South Jax Rotary will cover the cost of 14,040 meals for a total of $4,071.60 in addition to assembling the meals.  Rise Against Hunger will determine where the meals will be distributed.

The Rotary Club expects to have 60 - 70 volunteers to prepare the meals, which should take approximately two hours. The club is also seeking contributions to help pay for these meals and additional meals for Rise Against Hunger.

Rise Against Hunger is a Raleigh, NC based, international hunger relief 501(c)(3) non-profit, founded by Ray Buchanan, a United Methodist minister. Their mission is to mobilize civic groups, such as Rotary, to help provide meals to impoverished third world counties, identified hunger centers around the world and to those who are suffering from either natural or man-made crisis.

"One of the goals of Rotary International is to address hunger issues throughout the world," explained Dr. Dan Robie, president of the South Jacksonville club. "Even with our recent problems with hurricane Irma, our community has been very fortunate and prosperous. So we felt our Southside Club should do our share to help people everywhere who don't have enough to eat."

For anyone wanting to help prepare meals and/or make a contribution, you need to register at http:://events.stophungernow.org/RotaryClubSouthJacksonville. Each volunteer is asked to make a contribution of $50, which will pay for 172 meals. For more information, go to SouthJaxRotary.org or RiseAgainstHunger.org.

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