‘Feed My Starving Children’ event is this weekend

Thanks to the overwhelming response from the Staples and Motley communities, there is money and more than enough volunteers to put together 125,000 meals for the Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) event this weekend.

“The response has been unbelievably fantastic,”

committee member Lee Jenkins reported Feb. 2. “We’re over our goal for putting together 125,000

meals; and we got permission to add more cell groups...so many people have wanted to volunteer.”

Initially, 500 volunteers and $17,000 were needed in order to conduct the FMSC event in Staples.

There are now over 600 volunteers signed up to each work a two-hour shift during the course of the weekend. In addition, Jenkins said there is $18,000 currently in the bank for FMSC, but the pledges bring the total to $21,500. “I believe the money will all come in,” Jenkins added.

The Twin-Cities based FMSC event is scheduled for Feb. 6 and 7 at Central Lakes College in Staples. It is being made possible through a partnership between churches in Staples and Motley and FMSC.

“Doors open at 7:30 Saturday morning; and 8 a.m. on Sunday,” Jenkins said. “We (committee members) participated in a walk-through of the event last night and four people from FMSC will be here this weekend to help us.”

Although they don’t need any more volunteers; money is still being accepted to help pay for the meals which cost 17 cents each.

To donate, send check payable to SM Community Packing Event to First International Bank and Trust, PO Box 40, Staples, MN 56479, or donate online at www.fmsc.org/mobilepack/donate (Event Number: 1002-87).

“This community has really come together,” Jenkins said. “It’s awesome.”