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- Florida nonprofit Meals of Hope has packed more than 100 million meals for food-insecure families since its founding in 2007.
- The organisation held its first event in August 2007 in Collier County, where around 500 volunteers packed more than 135,000 meals with support from the Rotary Club of Naples.
- Founder Stephen Popper started the effort after learning about children in Haiti struggling to learn because of hunger, and early meals were donated to Haiti and the Harry Chapin Food Bank.
- Volunteers at meal-packing events work in assembly lines to measure ingredients, fill, seal and box shelf-stable meals that are sent to food banks and pantries in the United States and abroad.
- The milestone matters because it represents millions of volunteer hours and a supply of food for families facing hunger due to job loss, high costs, illness or disasters.
What to watch next
- Whether Meals of Hope expands its food pantry services in Southwest Florida beyond meal-packing events
- Growth in the number of meal-packing events hosted by schools, workplaces and faith groups
- New partnerships with food banks and community organisations to distribute packed meals
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