Some 500 FedEx employees across 10 US cities teamed up with Stop Hunger Now on January 18 to package meals for the world’s hungry in recognition of the Rev. Martin Luther King Day Jr. of Service.
This is the third year FedEx has worked with Stop Hunger now to orchestrate the nationwide event and provide employees with an opportunity to honor Dr. King’s legacy through service. FedEx employees will be packaging meals simultaneously in these cities: Memphis, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Newark, N.J., Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Houston, and Redmond, Wash.
“Volunteerism is an integral part of the FedEx culture, and we are proud to mark Dr. King’s birthday by supporting Stop Hunger Now,” said Rose Flenorl, manager, FedEx Global Citizenship. “Our team members are committed to making an impact in communities where we live and work.”
Meal packaging events are a volunteer-based program that coordinates the streamlined packaging of highly nutritious dehydrated meals comprised of rice, soy, vegetables and 23 essential vitamins and minerals.
Around the world, nearly 795 million people lack adequate food. Stop Hunger Now operates meal packaging locations in 21 cities throughout the U.S. and six international locations in South Africa, Malaysia, the Philippines, Italy, India and Peru.
Founded in 1998, Stop Hunger Now has delivered aid and disaster relief supplies in the form of food, medical supplies, clothing, school supplies and more to thousands of disaster victims and other hungry and vulnerable people in 73 countries.
“Martin Luther King had a dream, and we have a dream about ending world hunger,” said Rod Brooks, CEO of Stop Hunger Now. “What we want everyone to know is that hunger is solvable and is the common thread among the world’s most challenging issues,” he said. “When hunger is targeted, you give leverage and hope to every other cause including poverty, disease, education and the welfare of women and children.”
Stop Hunger Now meal packaging programs offer volunteers the opportunity to participate in a hands-on international hunger relief program and to become educated, engaged advocates for the world’s poor and hungry.
