St. Louis World Food Day

On Friday, October 14th, more than 2,000 St. Louisans from all over the region joined together at John Burroughs School to assemble 398,736 meals to feed the hungry.

The meals will be distributed locally and internationally by our partners, the St. Louis Area Foodbank and the Outreach Program, respectively.

Thank You to All Our Supporters

Whether you made a difference by being a Sponsor, Packager, Leadership Volunteer, or Donor your enthusiasm and support made the annual St. Louis World Food Day packaging event a tremendous success.

We are grateful for all that you have done – and continue to do – to raise awareness and take action to alleviate hunger in both local and international communities.

Thank you for making the world a better place!

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Thanks to the generosity of The Staenberg Family Foundation, St. Louis World Food Day is profiled in the inaugural issue of the Sophisticated Giving Charity Register (http://digital.slmag.net/i/597453-nov-dec-2015/86.) We are honored to be listed alongside many of St. Louis’s most well-established and long standing not-for-profit organizations.

The Sophisticated Giving Charity Register was created to inspire St. Louisans to give to a new not-for-profit or to give more to those they already support. To facilitate this lofty goal, we have partnered with Gladitood, an online fundraising platform that, like us, was founded in St. Louis to help people in need living locally and around the world. Gladitood.com uses the power of crowdfunding to generate donations and volunteers for charities of all types. The platform makes it easy to inspire friends to give by harnessing the power of facebook and other social media.

Whether you are committed to helping the hungry, providing educational opportunities to youth-in-need, offering assistance to medically fragile children, or inspiring people through the arts, Gladitood makes it possible – and easy – for you and your friends to make the world a better place. Please take the time to check out www.Gladitood.com and get inspired. The ability to make a difference is at your fingertips.

On Friday, October 16th, more than 1,800 St. Louisans from all over the region joined together at John Burroughs School to assemble meals to feed the hungry. The St. Louis Area Foodbank will distribute more than 160,000 fortified macaroni and cheese meals locally and the Outreach Program of Union, IA will deliver 200,000 meals to a school-based feeding program in Tanzania. We are grateful to the many schools, businesses, clubs, and organizations who registered as Packaging Partners, the countless Leadership Volunteers who worked tirelessly to execute the event, and all of our generous sponsors for supporting this local and international hunger- relief initiative.

This hunger-relief initiative is a great team-builder for businesses and groups; a memorable and fun inter-generational experience for families; and a meaningful and impactful community service activity that unites the St. Louis community. A lot of hungry people living locally and around the world are going to receive nutritious meals thanks to the philanthropic spirit that is alive and well in St. Louis.

Thank you!

(Please visit our photo gallery today and over the coming week as we add photos from the event.)

St. Louisans Invited to Package 250,000 Meals for Malnourished People

St. Louis, MO, September 15, 2015 – A child dies every six seconds from malnutrition and related illnesses according to reports by the World Health Organization.  St. Louisans are invited to help address this critical need at a community-wide event hosted by St. Louis World Food Day on October 16th at John Burroughs School in Ladue.  Details and registration information can be found at www.stlwfd.org.

World Food Day marks the founding of the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization and is designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-round action to alleviate hunger.

St. Louis World Food Day 2015 will be held on October 16th from 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. at John Burroughs School (755 S. Price Road) in Ladue.   Thousands of volunteers from all over St. Louis will package rice/soy protein meals to be sent to critically malnourished people in sub-Saharan Africa and macaroni and cheese meals that will be distributed in St. Louis and other U.S. cities.  Adults and children (as young as 7 with an adult) are invited to register to be part of teams and assemble packets of nutritious food that feeds up to six children.

The food is designed to reverse the starvation process, help restore health, and improve mental and physical alertness.  The sealed packages have a shelf life of two years.  The cost of each life-sustaining meal is approximately 25 cents, which covers the ingredients, packaging, administration, and international shipping of the food.  Our partners, The St. Louis Area Foodbank and the Outreach Program, Inc., of Union, IA, will deliver the meals locally and to school-based feeding programs in sub-Saharan Africa or for use in emergency relief situations.

For additional information or to register to attend, please click here.