GREENWOOD, Ind. – Franciscan St. Francis Health is
partnering with Pack Away Hunger to pack nutritious meals for thousands of
hungry children throughout south-central Indiana and Haiti.
Volunteers will gather at the hospital’s Education and
Support Services Center at 421 N. Emerson Ave., Greenwood, Saturday, Nov. 7
with the goal of assembling and packaging 40,000 meals. Pack Away Hunger (formerly Kids Against Hunger) will provide the equipment and food
supplies.
“This is an ordinary but important way to address the
extraordinary problems faced by hungry children in our community and abroad,”
said Joe Sagorsky, who is coordinating the event, which gets under way at 9
a.m.
The lack of proper nutrition creates significant health
and development consequences for individuals and has far-reaching implications
for the communities, Pack Away Hunger officials said.
It’s estimated that nearly 16 million children in the
United States do not have regular access to healthy meals. In developing
nations, one in six children – roughly 100 million – is underweight as the
result of acute and chronic malnutrition.
