65 plus volunteers gathered at University of Melbourne to form a giant assembly line packing specially designed nutritious dry goods for sending to areas in need.
Rotary Melbourne, Rotaract University of Melbourne and friends packed 12,600 meal packs in 1.5 hours for FORaMEAL. At 6 meals per pack that means 72,000 meals are now ready for delivery.
A resident DJ played music to keep the momentum going. Volunteers switched to different tables a few times to encourage fellowship.
Each pack can feed 4-6 people and is targeted and delivered to people who are either displaced or suffering from natural disasters. Made up of rice, oats, lentils and a sachet of scientifically formulated vitamins and minerals, it provides nutrition when it is needed most. And it needs nothing more than a pot of boiling water.
FORaMEAL is a project of the Rotary Club of Canterbury guided by food scientist and club member Doug Hawley. Their hardworking team is efficient and well versed in guiding the volunteers in the process. To date FORaMEAL has packed 1,100,000 meals and 800,000 meals have been distributed (for FREE!).
We are not sure where this packing line will be shipped to yet, however, recent shipments have gone to, Philippines, Ukraine and Sri Lanka.
After all this volunteering a number of Rotary Melbourne members, Rotaractors and friends adjourned to The Prince Albert for a debrief, fellowship, dinner and refreshments.
You can watch an Instagram video of the evening here
