Meals of Hope, the popular meal packing charity, has achieved a milestone.
The Naples-based food charity hit an all-time high: 100 million meals have been packed.
It happened Sunday in Southbridge, Massachusetts, said Stephen Popper, president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit agency.
Always with his eye toward his next goal, Popper said he hopes the organization can achieve packing 30 million meals a year.
Meals of Hope started in Collier in 2007 to serve the local community but the organization today coordinates meal packing events in communities throughout the U.S. and outside the country.
The packing events with tables lined up and huge plastic-lined boxes of the ingredients are big draws for volunteers with churches, schools, employers and civic groups to have fun and help others.
The organization has eight different meals with dried and fortified ingredients. When one bag is mixed with water and prepared, it can feed six to eight people.
