The community comes together to feed the kids….

Emily gave a helping hand as more than 16K meals were prepared Sunday afternoon...

If there’s anything cooler than feeding the folks in the world who need it most, I don’t know what it is…

Did you see the big mob over at the Grange on Sunday? Some 150 people showed up throughout the afternoon to package food for kids in the Dominican Republic…here are photos from the afternoon, and a note from Vic Woodward, one of the main organizers of the event:

A huge  Thank You, Thank You, Thank you! goes out to the Printonyx team, the San Juan Update and San Juan Islander for your help in publicizing the COTN Meal Packaging Event for us. We had around 150 folks help package 16,000 meals in 55 minutes…at the Grange last Sunday. It was a packed house – Wow!

Everyone seemed to have a great time and we had many comments asking us to consider making this an annual event.

Lots of friends got a lot done in a short time, for a lot of people.

Fraser Ratzlaff is the meal packaging coordinator for Children of the Nations (COTN), and he was pleased by what he saw:

On Sunday something amazing happened – you all took a break from your normal weekend routine and chose to donate your time and money, resulting in raising $4,267.43 and packaging 16,000 meals for orphaned and destitute children overseas! That’s incredible!!!

Over 150 people came out to package meals on Sunday, an amazing show of force for our first event ever in the San Juan islands!

Thank you all so much for your generosity, your decision to get involved, and for having a heart for children half-way around the world. You all made a difference in the life of a child. A mother. A brother. A family.

The only way Children of the Nations is able to feed thousands of children every day is because of people like you. Right now we’re feeding over 3,300 children every day, and we impact the lives of over 23,000 children every year through all our programs.

The Friday Harbor community is now part of a team of over 20,000 volunteers and staff around the world that help Children of the Nations provide holistic care to raise children who transform nations. If you would like to find out how to get more involved with Children of the Nations please visit our website at www.cotni.org/get-involved.

It was pretty easy to stay excited with so many folks pitching in....

The whole team celebrates a win! (Click on the photo to see a larger version!)

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