In 2009 Northridge Baptist Church in Mitchell SD packed 330,068 meals with the help of Bethel Baptist Church in Brookings SD and Central Baptist Church in Sioux Falls SD. The food was delivered that October to Haitian refugees in the Dominican Republic.
And that was just the beginning. In 2010 Bethel Baptist led a pack of their own in Brookings SD involving the whole community and packed a container - 285,000 meals.
These meals were delivered to handicapped children in Haiti. Especially important because they were delivered after the earthquake to those desperately in need.
Northridge led their second pack on May 8th, 2010 at the Corn Palace and packed another 330,000 meals. These meals were personally delivered over Thanksgiving last year by a team consisting of people from Northridge and Pastor Pat Moore from St. Paul, NE.
On May 7th, 2011 Northridge is planning to lead a pack of 340,000 meals which will make ONE MILLION meals from the Corn Palace in Mitchell! If you would like to be involved in this pack, contact Deb at 605-999-8994. It's a great opportunity to experience it for yourself and see if it's something your community would like to do.
If you would like to help us cover the cost of materials and shipping, please make your checks payable to IMPACT LIVES (it’s a 501(c)(3) non profit humanitarian organization and your donation is tax deductible)...you can send your check to:
Northridge
PO Box 631
Mitchell SD 57301
or
Deb Weitala
40984 257th Street
Mitchell SD 57301
and we will get the checks to IMPACT LIVES.
If you know someone who is excited about feeding the starving throughout the world...please feel free to forward a link to this page.
At the end of the day we had 28 pallets (330,696 meals) ready for shipment.
