2024 World Hunger Drive Meal Packing Event!

Please enjoy today’s blog from Jen Fredenberg, World Hunger Drive Ministry Leader at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Fort Mill, SC

In the letter of James, we read, “If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled,’ without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?” (James 2:15-16) Like the Good Samaritan, God calls us to answer and fill the material and spiritual needs that people lack, and answer, we do.

This year marked the third year of the Saint Philip Neri Annual World Hunger Drive. The focus of the drive is to help our brothers and sisters in need in Haiti, and here in our local community. Each year, over 660 volunteers from our parish, along with their families and friends, come together to pack meals. Over the past three years, our parish has packed over 640,660 meals. In partnership with the St. Matthew World Hunger Drive Ministry in Charlotte, NC, we have shipped 551,960 of these meals to Haiti, and distributed 88,700 meals to local nonprofit organizations who assist individuals and families in need of food. This year, in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, with the assistance of the Fort Mill 10-13 Club, we transported 49,250 meals for distribution in Western North Carolina.

A special thank you to Servants With a Heart for their continued partnership over these past three years, equipping our faith community with everything needed to host our meal packing events. We could never have accomplished this without your wonderful organization.