Belle Plaine (IA) FFA Packages 20K Meals
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The FFA of Belle Plaine High School in Iowa, hosted a 20,000 meal packaging event at their school in celebration of National FFA Week. On February 27, over 225 students, faculty, and administrators donned hairnets and aprons then lined up around packaging lines to package meals to be distributed by the local food bank for families in Benton County.
FFA, which has over 600,000 members across the U.S., has the initiative ofFeeding the World-Starting at Home. FFA has challenged their chapters to donate 2.5 million meals for the hungry. The FFA Hunger Heroes Challenge idea is based on See it! Solve it! Share it!
FFA Advisor, Josh Day had this to say, “After the event I was surprised at how many teachers and students talked of both how organized the event was and how positive experience it was for both students and staff. Many of the students would have preferred to package longer. Overall this was a great event and both Belle Plaine FFA and Belle Plaine CSD will look to work with Outreach again in the future.”
Outreach, Inc. event coordinator, Bryan Coffey said, “The event went well. The students really enjoyed the program! They were all very excited and ready to push forward with helping their community.”
For more information about how you and/or your local FFA can host a meal-packaging event for their school and community check out our Mini-Pack and read our 10 Easy Steps to Hosting a Meal Packaging Event.
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