5th Annual Feeding Frenzy - Huge Success!
Thanks all who helped out on Sunday. Service Ministry Deacons provided treats, accepted donations, helped to unload vans, set up tables, worked on the assembly lines, carried/loaded boxes (each 33 lbs!), delivered boxes to pantries, and helped to clean up afterward. It was so great to see so many people pitching in--- especially fun to see lots of high school students, families, younger and older members of the Village Church, and people from the Hills Church and the Weston Congregational Church as well as 2 people from an Episcopal church in Duxbury (who are hoping to start this at their church).
Special thanks to Lisa Weinstock and her husband Peter, who helped Matthew bring in equipment and set things up on Saturday and were there from 8 until 2 on Sunday working tirelessly!
The spaces worked out beautifully, and Sarah was thrilled to have the new chapel's first use be for the Feeding Frenzy.
It was a very successful day, as you can see from Matthew's message below. We packaged 36,000 meals and only stopped when we ran out of ingredients! 166 boxes (each containing 36 bags/216 meals) have been either delivered or picked up. Hooray!
Gratefully,
Katy Reid
Service Ministry
WVC collected $5,000 and packaged all 36,000 meals! Only 17 groups in all of New England have ever fed more:
|
Group |
Number of events |
Number of meals |
|
NH Food Bank, Manchester |
46 |
1,245,144 |
|
United Way of North Central MA, Fitchburg |
45 |
995,592 |
|
University of ME, Orono |
13 |
481,152 |
|
Sanctuary, Marshfield MA |
19 |
476,370 |
|
Collette, Pawtucket RI |
4 |
430,680 |
|
Good Shepherd Lutheran, Westborough MA |
8 |
320,352 |
|
Derby Academy, Hingham MA |
8 |
308,886 |
|
St John Lutheran, Killingly CT |
9 |
308,802 |
|
St Luke Lutheran, Gales Ferry CT |
7 |
283,110 |
|
Harvard Chaplains, Cambridge MA |
13 |
265,032 |
|
Good Shepherd Lutheran, Rutland VT |
8 |
241,134 |
|
Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg MA |
20 |
208,920 |
|
Brokers' Service Marketing Group, Providence RI |
4 |
208,016 |
|
St Andrew Lutheran, Ellsworth ME |
7 |
187,632 |
|
United Way, Smithfield RI |
8 |
184,020 |
|
Holy Family Catholic, Duxbury MA |
4 |
172,866 |
|
Hasbro, Pawtucket RI |
2 |
168,480 |
|
Wellesley Congregational UCC, Wellesley MA |
5 |
164,964 |
Here's a breakdown of your 5 years:
28,500
33,528
30,534
36,402
36,000
164,964
You are amazing!
Matthew Martin
New England Development Coordinator | The Outreach Program
