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Today’s post and photos are from Duke student, Grant Wernick

The Servants With a Heart packing event was an opportunity for all different parts of Duke’s campus to come together and donate their time to a really important cause. I happened to have spent time in Nicaragua and I’ve seen the conditions in parts of the country firsthand; even if you hadn’t, the introductory video and signs positioned throughout Card Gymnasium showed you the level of poverty in the second poorest country in our Hemisphere. They made me more grateful for my opportunities and put us in the right frame of mind to serve those who aren’t nearly as fortunate.
From members of different campus ministries weighing and scooping the nutritious ingredients, to football players loading the heavy boxes once they were full, to more than a few K-ville tenters drawn into Card by the promise of warmth and free pizza who ended up staying for the chance to serve, the meal packing was a chance for Blue Devils to come together and break the mold of a typical Saturday morning in college. When the mark of 35,000 packed meals was passed, we let out a collective cheer—this was even better than sleeping in!