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What can 500+ volunteers do in one day? Fill an entire shipping container with nourishment and hope! Earlier this week, volunteers gathered at CURE Insurance Arena in New Jersey, for “Trenton Plates, the World Takes,” a day of service hosted by @crosscommunityinc. Since 2024, the annual event has brought together churches, schools, businesses and community groups to take action against hunger. This year, volunteers packaged more than 285,000 meals — enough to fill a shipping container! Our work focuses on supporting communities as they move toward self-reliance, and these meals help make this possible! The meals will be distributed to complement nutrition, education and economic empowerment programs that fuel long-term food security and resilience. ➡️ Learn how to host your own meal packaging event at the #LinkInBio.

16 years of @DunwoodyUMC’s partnership with Rise Against Hunger has nourished families worldwide with 5 million meals! The church hosts an annual “Foodstock,” bringing together its community to tackle global food insecurity. Every year is impactful, but last weekend’s Foodstock was particularly special — with 1,000+ volunteers packaging 285,000 meals, Dunwoody UMC reached 5 million meals packaged since 2010! This milestone is about more than meals. It shows what happens when a community comes together to fuel lasting change. The meals packaged by Dunwoody UMC are distributed by Rise Against Hunger’s trusted in-country partners to provide nutritious food to people facing hunger, while our broader programs support sustainable agriculture, income generation and resilient communities. Thank you, Dunwoody UMC, for 16 years of turning compassion into action! Learn how YOU can package meals at the #LinkInBio.

Kicking off the week with an inspiring story of a community coming together to make a big impact (for the second year in a row)! 🫶 Trietsch Memorial UMC partnered with us last week for their second annual community meal packaging event. And wow, did the community show up! Over two days, more than 1,000 people from the Dallas-Fort Worth area volunteered, packaging a total of 300,000+ meals for people facing hunger worldwide. Thank you, @trietschumc, for bringing your community together to help nourish lives across the globe! When people team up around a shared mission, incredible things happen. Learn how you can host your own meal packaging event at the #LinkInBio.

World Food Day, October 16, is a holiday focused on taking action toward ending global hunger. And wow, our Hunger Champions showed up to do just that! During the week of World Food Day, over 6,800 volunteers — like you — gave their time to make an impact at 91 meal packaging events worldwide. These incredible volunteers packaged 2.4 million nutritious meals in total! Their actions will change lives across the globe. Each meal provides essential vitamins and minerals to help fuel nutrition, education and economic empowerment programs that support families on their journeys toward food security and self-reliance. This is what’s possible when people unite around a shared purpose! ➡️ Join the movement to end hunger! Host your own meal packaging event at the #LinkInBio.

New year, new mission statement — but same vision of achieving a world without hunger! We've been working behind the scenes over the last few months to sharpen our mission statement. But don't worry — our strategic approach to addressing food insecurity around the world remains the same. This updated mission best captures our global work. Our mission is our rallying cry and true north for the purpose behind every program and meal package. And it belongs to all of us. Stay tuned for how you can fuel our global mission in 2026.

When the last meal is sealed and the tables are put away, the journey is just beginning. After a meal packaging event, every box of meals is carefully prepared for shipment and transported to one of our trusted global partners. From there, local organizations distribute meals through schools, health clinics and community programs while providing additional support that helps families build stronger futures. Every volunteer plays an important role in this journey. Every donor helps make it possible. From the first scoop of rice to the final delivery, countless hands work together so nutritious meals reach the people who need them most. Because a meal doesn't change the world on its own — but it can be the beginning of everything that comes next. Ready to help change the world? Head to the #LinkInBio to get started!

Earlier this month, 14 members of the Rise Against Hunger team traveled to Honduras for a staff vision trip. The team spent time with our partner Volunteers for Honduran Communities, visiting schools that we support and meeting with students and school leaders. The trip wasn’t about checking a box or taking photos. It was an opportunity for our employees to witness the impact they’re helping to make through their day-to-day work, directly meet people we serve and strengthen relationships with our on-the-ground partner. The staff members returned with a deeper understanding of the challenges communities face — and the resilience, innovation and leadership driving solutions. It’s a level of understanding they’ll carry into their work moving forward. Check out the video to see moments from the trip!

Zambrero’s partnership with Rise Against Hunger nourishes lives every day — and on a special day each year, that impact goes even further! Through its Plate 4 Plate program, @zambrero donates a meal for every burrito or bowl sold. They also rally employees, partners and communities for their annual Plate 4 Plate Day, working together to package nutritious meals for people facing hunger. On October 15, 5,000+ volunteers gathered at Rise Against Hunger meal packaging events across Australia, Ireland and the UK, collectively packaging 1,056,256 meals. This was Zambrero’s biggest Plate 4 Plate Day yet! To date, Zambrero has donated 111 million meals through the Plate 4 Plate program and — with each meal supporting nutrition, education and economic empowerment — helped create paths toward brighter futures in the communities we serve. Thank you, Zambrero, for your commitment to helping end hunger!

Extra, extra, read all about it! Our 2025 impact results are here. 📰 We’re excited to share that we served 7,389,552 people across 41 countries last year — and this wouldn’t have been possible without your support! Every person reached has a unique story. Like Allisson in Honduras, who receives Rise Against Hunger meals at school and now serves as student body president. And Joyce, a farmer in South Sudan, who increased her crop yields after learning conservation agriculture techniques through a project we implemented with Lift Up the Vulnerable. As volunteers, donors and Hunger Champions, you are part of these stories and more. From packaging meals to donating to spreading the word, you ensured the journey of a meal continued — that millions of people received more than nourishment. Educational support and economic empowerment projects also supported long-term resilience. Swipe to see more of the impact you made possible. ➡️ Want to be part of The Journey of a Meal again this year? Give now at the #LinkInBio.

For nearly two decades, Elon University has turned the start of a new school year into an opportunity to help end world hunger. And this year was no different! 160 students came together earlier this month for a Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event, one of the university’s annual back-to-school traditions since 2008. This year, students packaged over 24,000 meals — and @elonuniversity surpassed 500,000 meals packaged through our 18-year partnership! To celebrate, we presented the university with a gong to commemorate the impact students have made over the years. The meals packaged by Elon volunteers support nutrition, education and economic empowerment programs, helping communities build resilience and self-reliance to no longer need our support one day. Learn how to host your own meal packaging event at the #LinkInBio!

At Rise Against Hunger, we say our work starts with a meal — but it doesn’t end there. While nutritious meals are crucial to help meet immediate needs and alleviate malnutrition, our approach to food security goes beyond short-term relief. Our work is rooted in three focus areas that work together to build long-term resilience and self-sufficiency: 🍛 Nutrition: to address urgent needs and support healthy growth 📚 Education: to equip children and communities with knowledge and opportunities for bright futures 📈 Economic empowerment: to help families build stability and sustainable livelihoods Together, these focus areas turn every meal, volunteer hour and partnership into lasting impact. Learn how each is vital to our overall vision of achieving a world without hunger at the #LinkInBio.

Want to know why Rise Against Hunger invests in staff vision trips? ⬇️ Our Global Impact team frequently meets with our in-country partners and visits our global programs to ensure our work is as effective as it can be. But staff in other departments, like finance and HR, don’t get to see the on-the-ground impact as regularly, even though their day-to-day work plays a pivotal role. There’s nothing like seeing the impact firsthand — watching children learn in a school that serves Rise Against Hunger meals, touring a garden that is abundant after implementing climate-smart techniques or meeting a parent working hard to provide for their family. We invest in vision trips to ensure all of our staff understand the full scale of our work and their part in it. Our impact isn’t possible without our amazing employees, and we’re so grateful for them. ❤️

The impact of a meal extends far beyond just easing hunger for a day. Nutritious meals help students stay focused in school. They help families stretch limited household resources. They support healthier communities and create opportunities for people to work toward brighter futures. That's why Rise Against Hunger's work goes beyond food alone. Every meal is part of a larger effort to strengthen communities through nutrition, education and economic empowerment. Because when one need is met, new possibilities begin to grow. Swipe ➡️ to see how one meal creates a ripple effect that reaches far beyond the plate.

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The impact of a meal extends far beyond just easing hunger for a day.