About 4,000 volunteers gathered at the Orange County Convention Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to pack meals for those affected by the recent wildfires in California as well as for those in need across Central Florida.
Thousands worked across three shifts Monday to pack over a million meals as part of nonprofit U.S. Hunger’s second annual MLK Day of Service Million Meal Pack.
On the other side of the nation, thou- sands of homes were destroyed by some of the most powerful and deadly wild- fires in California’s history two weeks ago, forcing at one point over 200,000 to evacuate. The fires left thousands unhoused and relying on shelters…