Christ Church Greenwich is organizing an Emergency ‘Packathon’ to provide 36,000+ packages of nutritional meals for Ukrainian refugees on the border of Poland. A Packathon is a group food packing event. During a two-and-a-half-hour shift, teams of volunteers assemble four complete nutritious ingredients: a carbohydrate, dehydrated vegetables, vitamin powder and a bean protein into individual packages. Volunteers weigh the packages, seal them, and box them for distribution. This is a simple, organized, and cost-effective way to feed children and families who have fled their homes.
The Packathon will take place Saturday, March 26 at 10 a.m.
In coordination with the Ukrainian Cultural Center in New Jersey, these meals will be transported to the docks and packed into a container and loaded onto a ship headed to Gdansk, Poland. BOC International is handling the transportation free of charge. BOC International has already shipped nine containers of meals to Poland. Upon arrival, the LVIV Provincial Administration will take possession and is responsible for distribution. Some of the non-perishable food they have been shipping include mac n cheese, tomato basil pasta, apple cinnamon oatmeal, and raisin cinnamon rice.
The total cost for the supplies and food for this Packathon is $12,600.00. Christ Church Greenwich is asking the community to donate whatever they can to help underwrite these expenses.
Donations to underwrite supplies and food can be done online: christchurchgreenwich.org or send a check made out to Christ Church Greenwich, indicated as “Ukraine” Christ Church Greenwich 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830.
