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Waunakee meal-packing event aims to send 200,000 meals to Dane County
Food For Kidz plans to package about 300,000 meals at its annual Waunakee event on Oct. 11, reaching a five-million-meal milestone. More than 200,000 of the meals are expected to stay in Dane County for local food pantries and community organizations.
WAUNAKEE, Wis. — Hundreds of volunteers are expected at Dane Manufacturing on Sunday, Oct. 11, for Food For Kidz’s 21st annual meal-packing event, where organizers plan to prepare about 300,000 meals in one day.
The event is expected to bring the nonprofit’s total to five million meals packaged. More than 200,000 meals from Sunday’s effort are slated for distribution in Dane County through food pantries and organizations that serve families in need. The remaining meals will go to recipients elsewhere.
The annual event brings community members together to prepare food for distribution, with volunteers working alongside pallets of supplies. The five-million-meal mark reflects more than two decades of the organization’s food-packing work.