FORaMeal Volunteer packing with students at RMIT University, Melbourne
In person only event.
Join Student volunteers and Rotary Melbourne members and friends for an evening of rewarding volunteering, creating food packs FORaMEAL... forameal.org
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Time: arrive 5mins before your chosen activity.
Set-up 3.30pm
Meal Packing 5.00-6.30pm
Packup 6.30-7.00pm
Location: RMIT Building 10 (Casey Building) Room 010.07.052
Price: $15 (donation to FORaMEAL) / FREE for Students/Rotaractors
Book: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-rmit-forameal
Post Event Optional Food & Drinks at a venue to be determined
Since 2017, FORaMEAL, a project of Rotary Canterbury has provided emergency relief meals for people across the Asia Pacific impacted by natural disasters. Each year over 150,000 meals are packed and delivered free!
The FORaMEAL packs to include a balance and nutritious blend of carbohydrates, important fats and proteins together with a sachet of essential vitamins and minerals. Quin Scalzo Past President Rotary Melbourne provides nuts, grains and other ingredients to the program.
Each year, volunteers from across the Rotary network produce, seal and package meals for distribution the following year.
To date over 2,000,0000 meals by 3,000 volunteers from over 35 clubs, schools, universities and associations have contributed to the FORaMEAL cause.
Rotary Melbourne will be offering members the opportunity to participate in the FORaMEAL packing program at the April 2026 event 5.30pm to 7.00pm together with Rotaractors and students from RMIT University.
Afterwards attendees have the option to join for a meal/drink at a nearby venue at their own cost.
So, what is involved: You will be provided with a hat and gloves to maintain hygiene, and then fun, teamwork and Fellowship starts. A production line will package and seal the dry ingredients.
The completed item will be shipped to the relevant country requiring relief food.
To date over 500,000 thousand meals have been delivered for free!! Please join us to help those that need our efforts.
To ensure sufficient ingredients for meal packing are ordered, we ask you to book in advance.
