Church assembles meal packages for Haiti Operation Sharehouse, part of the nationwide organization Stop Hunger Now, sends representatives to help churches and community groups with packaging events. For those in disadvantaged areas, the food Emmanuel and other local Episcopal church members bag will help improve their quality of life, said Operation Sharehouse's Troy Henson.
"You can't think if you're hungry," Henson said. "You can't go to work if you're hungry. Things just don't run if you're trying to find food."
More than 125 volunteers registered for the event, scooping the dehydrated food for hours at a time. Part of the organization's success is its efficiency, said Meneta Deaton, the Emmanuel youth group leader. Before the four-hour day is done, church members will bag 20,000 meals.
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