Packaging thousands of meals to feed the hungry goes a lot faster when music is playing.
As feel-good hits from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Neil Diamond and Michael Jackson played from a loudspeaker in a
corner of the Fellowship Hall, volunteers at First Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Virginia, packed more than 28,000 bags of rice, soy protein and dried vegetables in about two hours on a recent Saturday afternoon. Read more »
April 30, 2020
All ages fight hunger at First Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Virginia
Packaging thousands of meals to feed the hungry goes a lot faster when music is playing.
As feel-good hits from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Neil Diamond and Michael Jackson played from a loudspeaker in a
corner of the Fellowship Hall, volunteers at First Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Virginia, packed more than 28,000 bags of rice, soy protein and dried vegetables in about two hours on a recent Saturday afternoon. Read more »
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