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Iowa FFAers will package meals for Haiti

At their annual leadership conference in Ames next week, hundreds of Iowa FFAers will stand shoulder-to-shoulder packaging special meals for the poor people of Haiti.

The project is being coordinated by the Iowa Food and Family Project.  It’s an extension of that organization’s “Special Delivery. Homes. Help. Hope. For Haiti” project launched back in December.

Aaron Putze of the Iowa Soybean Association and the Food and Family Project says they hope to package 250-thousand meals during the first two days of the conference.

“We are going to be rallying FFA members from across the state April 22nd and 23rd to package nearly a quarter of a million servings of meals to help the people of Haiti,” Putze says.

The meals, which are purchased through Meals for the Heartland, are soy-based and also include rice and vegetables. 

Along with the meals, the Food and Family Project continues to solicit donations for the purchase of 48 SafeTHome shelters—special metal buildings manufactured by Sheffield-based Sukup Manufacturing—to be constructed in Haiti. 

Putze says more than 32 homes valued at 57-hundred dollars each have already been donated. 

AUDIO: Aaron Putze (6:38 MP3)

 

 

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