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PHOTOS: Hunger Initiative Community Food Packing Event

Volunteers gathered at the Maple Grove Community Center Feb. 25 to pack meals for Dadabb refugee camp in Kenya. The event was sponsored by Northwood Church and New Life Community Church.

Minnesota communities throughout the Twin Cities, including Maple Grove, gathered Feb. 25 in an effort to pack one million meals for the Horn of Africa. The meals will be sent to the Dadabb refuee camp in Kenya, an area of drought and conflict.

Northwood Church and New Life Community Church sponsored Hunger Initiative 2012 at the Maple Grove Community Center, which drew in about 1,000 volunteers from Maple Grove, Plymouth, Osseo, Champlin, Brooklyn Park and surrounding communities.


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