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Event: Million Meals Challenge

  • Start Time:

    Saturday, December 1, 2012 10:30 am 

  • Event Website:

    View Event Website 

  • Event Type:

    none 

  • Location:

    Palmeiro Center parking lot 

  • Cost:

    Free  

  • Sponsor:

    Maroon Volunteer Center 

  • Contact:

    Christopher Ferrell, MVC Service Leader at 601-720-0882 

  • Info:

    Help bag 35,000 lbs of sweet potatoes for local food pantries to distribute during the holidays. Check-in starts at 10 a.m. and bagging begins at 10:30 a.m. Join the Society of St. Andrews, local AmeriCorps VISTAs, Volunteer Starkville, the Maroon Volunteer Center and 100 community and campus volunteers. Donated potatoes will go to Bethel Baptist Church, Pinelake Baptist Church and the local Salvation Army, then to local families in need. This project supports the Million Meals Challenge competition among MSU, University of Memphis and Ole Miss. 

  • Last Modified:

    11/30/2012 10:54 am