FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
End Hunger New England announces plan to send up to 1 million meals to Ukraine and Refugee Centers
Pembroke, MA (March 10, 2022) - EndHungerNE announced that it has started a funding campaign to package and ship up to one-million meals to Ukraine and refugee centers in surrounding countries. The charity also announced that it would package and deliver its six-millionth “pandemic” meal to food insecure neighbors throughout New England by the middle of March.
Matthew Martin, the organization’s Development Coordinator stated, “We have been working on this for a while and just coordinated with a shipping and distribution partner to get our meals overseas. The situation in Ukraine is dire, our volunteers and supporters have been asking if we were going to get involved – and the answer to that is YES! We’ll start packaging this weekend.”
“The financial and volunteer support we have experienced over the past two years has been incredible. Over 1200 volunteers are regularly showing up at our Pembroke facility – brownie troops, high schoolers and sports teams, local civic and church groups, seniors – it's just been amazing! The more funding we can acquire, the more meals our volunteers can pack.”
To make a donation or volunteer, please visit www.endhungerne.org. Checks can be made out to The Outreach Program (parent non-profit of EndHunger NE) and sent to 93 Whiffletree Lane, Marshfield, MA 02050. Please write Ukraine on the memo line and please check with your company to see if they offer a corporate match or are seeking to support the mission of EndHungerNE. Thank you!
About EndHungerNE
EndHungerNE is the New England arm of The Outreach Program, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to provide safe water, food, medical care, and education to those in need, at home and abroad. The Outreach Program organizes food packaging events across the US, Canada, and supporting countries to carry out its mission. The Outreach Program has packaged 675 million meals to date while 37 million meals have been packaged and delivered by and to New Englanders.
Contact:
Matthew Martin
New England Development Coordinator, The Outreach Program/End Hunger NE
Email: matthew@outreachprogram.org // Cell: (857) 939-3459