When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Pack Food

Published on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, by James Norton / Edit Post

Minnesota has one of the highest rates of volunteerism in the nation (sorry Tennessee, you're actually 38th), a fact that helps the following story make a bit more sense. The St. Cloud Times reports on a six-person church group getting together after the Haiti earthquake and deciding to do something. The result: they raised $64,000 to buy food, then organized 3,000 volunteers to pack an astounding 800,000 meals for Haitians in need. It's a heck of a tale.

Pictured: U.S. Army soldiers bundle ready-to-eat meals for distribution in Haiti.

Image source: Flickr member The U.S. Army under Creative Commons

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  • whats remarkable is that ,no-one commented on this post.it's always nice to see peopple pulling together to help out someone in need, this spirit is old school ,a dying breed if not dead already,i wish we could demonstrate this same spirited action in our own country for our own country, what ever happened to charity at home begins first ,,,ED
    think of the accomplishment if we could organise...+READ

    whats remarkable is that ,no-one commented on this post.it's always nice to see peopple pulling together to help out someone in need, this spirit is old school ,a dying breed if not dead already,i wish we could demonstrate this same spirited action in our own country for our own country, what ever happened to charity at home begins first ,,,ED
    think of the accomplishment if we could organise good hard working class people ,to change the problems in our government, often if it's broke,, don't fix it.-COLLAPSE