Hormel Foods, United Way of Mower County and the Hometown Food Security Project are partnering with the Austin High School student body during Hunger Action Month to improve food security for young people in our community. The entire student body will assemble 24,000 snack packs to fuel their peers participating in after school activities – and fill the school’s food pantry – ensuring that every student has access to a nutritious snack. Additional snack packs will be distributed to local food shelves and other organizations in the community. This packing event also provides an inspiring outlet for students to support each other and their community. During this homecoming week event, the combined student body will dedicate more than 1,600 volunteer hours to pack snacks provided by MATTER.
Volunteers are needed to deliver snack boxes to partner agencies in rural Mower County. Please note the following:
- Partner agency sites will be assigned the day-of the event
- Volunteer drivers are eligible for mileage reimbursement
- Check in at the volunteer station at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary
