ITASCA, Illinois: Midwest Swaminarayan Temple has added one more humanitarian service by sponsoring the “Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)” program.
The event at Itasca temple was arranged on December 14. More than 120 volunteers devoted their services in two hour segments. The goal was to prepare and pack 150,000 meals. With the help of temple organizers, volunteers and FMSC staff, the goal was achieved.
Each packet contained rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and vitamins. Temple allowed the use of the facilities, donated the cost of food items, arranged for volunteers and provided a delicious lunch. As per FMFC staff, this shipment is meant for children in Kenya, Africa.
On this occasion, Itasca Mayor, Jeff Paul, said that he shared the cause, which was extremely honorable and he was proud to have our DuPage County based Itasca temple organizing this massive effort to feed starving children. He participated in the packing of meals while he was excited that other Itasca families participated in this activity as a united community.
FMSC started in 1987 by supplying food packs to needy children in Honduras. FMSC was one of the first major organizations to rush help to the victims of the earthquake. The message spread more and more and today nutritional food packs are donated to more than 70 countries all over the world. They believe, “Hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem”.
More and more institutions can come forward to share our abundance to help the poor and starving children in other parts of the world, who have dreams same as dreams of our children. Itasca temple has set a precedent by providing health fairs, health clinics, eye clinic, youth programs, language classes and the management is always willing to help more and more humanitarian causes.
Arvind Thakkar
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