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WFS packages 27,500 Meals in Honor of 275th Anniversary

We did it! Volunteers from the WFS community assembled 27,500 shelf-stable meals in just over two hours.
On April 6, 2024, the culminating community service project for Wilmington Friends School’s 275th anniversary year engaged students, parents, staff, alumni, and community members with the goal of packaging 27,500 shelf-stable meals for families throughout Delaware. To complete this ambitious project, Wilmington Friends School is partnered with The Outreach Program. The Outreach Program provided packaging supplies, packaging equipment, certified Food Safe Event Coordinators, and training for this assembly line-style event; WFS purchased all necessary meal ingredients. The shelf-stable meals included macaroni and cheese dinners and apple cinnamon oatmeal.

To ensure that the 27,500 shelf-stable meals reached their intended recipients, we partnered with The Food Bank of Delaware for receipt and distribution. The Food Bank of Delaware solicits, warehouses and distributes food through a state-wide network of hunger-relief partners, including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, and other community food providers.

Thank you to everyone who participated, and to The Outreach Program and The Food Bank of Delaware!

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