About Ithaca MobilePack
Thank you to all of our supporters for another banner year for the Ithaca MobilePack!
Through a providential hiccup (people were trying to sign up for a packing space, but found no openings – so we opened up a new packing session Thursday night and increased the contract for meals), we ended up packing the maximum amount of food we could with only two trucks: 248,832 meals!
Brian Yeich, the Regional Development Advisor for Feed My Starving Children, tells us that the Ithaca MobilePack over its history has now packed enough meals to feed over 10,000 children for one year!
That has only been accomplished by willing and hard-working packers, generous benefactors, a great relationship with the National Guard and several other churches who have hosted MobilePack events, over these 14 years, and a very dedicated group of people on the Steering Committee – who serve throughout the year in various capacities to get ready for each MobilePack event.
Brian also mentions that we do not know the destination of this year’s packed food because of the longshoreman strike; and he asks for prayers that it come to a quick resolution so the food can be shipped.
2025 Ithaca MobilePack
Information coming soon
Additional blessings of 2024
Additional blessings of the 2024 Ithaca MobilePack include:
- A special thank you video was shown from the soon to retire FMSC CEO Mark Crea, who came to Ithaca several years ago to participate in a Hunger Roundtable discussion at Cornell, led by Food Science Prof. Joe Regenstein (one of our Steering Committee members). That video can be seen here: Thank You Ithaca MobilePack on Vimeo
- Despite having a few unfilled packing spots over the 4 days, the final packing session of dedicated packers stayed an extra 30 minutes to pack the total meal goal we had recently expanded
- Also in that session a new record was set by one of the groups for meals packed in a single session – maybe you can beat 39 boxes in 90 minutes next year
So thank you to all of our fellow Ithacans for this great success!
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The Ithaca MobilePack Steering Committee
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2023 MobilePack Update
All 233,280 meals packed this past September/October went to Guatemala and Honduras.
The first 108 boxes of food packed in Ithaca shipped to Honduras via FMSC's mission partner Food For the Poor.
Food For the Poor: Honduras website
The second 431 boxes of food and third 541 boxes of food packed in Ithaca shipped to Guatemala via FMSC's mission partner Cross Catholic Outreach.
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14
YEARS
14,999
VOLUNTEERS
3,650,196
MEALS PACKED
What's a MannaPack?
A MannaPack is an effective and nutritious meal formula comprised of Rice, Soy,Vitamins, and Veggies. Each package feeds a child for a day. FMSC meals are developed by food science and nutrition professionals to supplement nutritional needs and reduce problems with malnutrition. Nutrition allows children to grow, thrive and develop to their full potential. $.29 pays for one MannaPack meal.
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