End of a long week in Puyallup = perfect

I spent all week down in Puyallup (about 45 minutes southeast of Seattle) at a client. Our client takes part every year in a charity event called "Feed My Starving Children." It's a nationally known non-profit group that one of the owners of our clients takes a huge part in. The group makes meals that are specially formulated for starving kids and then ships the meals all over the world, to whoever needs it most. We took part in it this year and our group was making meals for kids in Haiti.

I can't really describe how cool it was to be a part of this event... you put a dried chicken powder, plus dried veggies, plus soy for protein, plus rice into a little baggie (only 380-400 oz). Each bag is SO small but it has all of the nutrients needed to feed a child SEVEN times. I couldn't believe how little food would help a kid and how much these kids that had gotten the food had changed for the better. It was awesome to be a part of it... we only did a 2 hour shift but just in that shift alone, we made enough food bags to feed 116 kids for a year. Pretty cool.


I snapped a shot of my co-worker before we started. We all had to wear hairnets which was fun.

Above are the bags of what we created (not exactly ours but it's an example). Additionally, here's the link to the feed my starving children website for anyone who is interested or who wants to contribute time or money as well: http://www.fmsc.org/Page.aspx?pid=398. Such a good cause and the group is doing great things. I plan to take part in this event every year.