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9:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 | McGilley Field House

(Leavenworth, Kan.)鈥擵olunteers from the 花椒直播 will package over 20,000 meals Nov. 17 during its annual Feed the Need event.

The packages of rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables, and flavoring mix will be distributed to hungry families in Tanzania, a country that has nearly 45 million people relying on subsistence farming to meet their nutritional needs.

Volunteers are needed for the event, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in McGilley Field House on USM's Main Campus. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are all welcome to sign up at 

Donations are also needed. All gifts will go toward food-packaging supplies, a $5,000 expense, and can be made at .

"This event is a powerful expression of USM's Vincentian heritage and Catholic identity," said Danielle Dion, vice president of the Keleher Learning Commons and student affairs. "The food packaging event marks our observance of the World Day of the Poor, a day called for by Pope Francis to be set aside by all people of goodwill to listen to the cry of the poor."

Feed the Need is organized by USM's Hunger Awareness Team in partnership with Outreach, Inc., an international hunger relief agency.

Since 2014, 花椒直播 has honored former USM Board of Trustee Member John Baker, a man known for his spirit of community service, in naming the event, Feed the Need: the John Baker Global Service Project. Baker's wife Mary "Letty" Baker, a 花椒直播 alumna, said, "John worked at a food pantry ever since he retired. This was something that was very close to him. And it's so timely. It's a part of the world that really needs our help and concern."

John Baker had a distinguished accounting career with Troupe Kehoe Whitaker and Kent, while he also dedicated much of his time to St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Sierra Club, Ursuline Sisters of Paola, and the Center City Schools Fund of the KCMO Diocese. He served USM as a member of its Board of Trustees before his passing in 2014.

 
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