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Detroit
Volunteers
to Pack
160,000
Meals in
Honor of
9/11
National
Day of
Service
Jean
Davis -
Local/State
Tell Us
Detroit
News
DETROIT
- More
than 535
volunteers
will
gather
at Wayne
State
University
on
September
11,
2025, to
transform
the 24th
anniversary
of the
9/11
terrorist
attacks
into a
powerful
demonstration
of
community
service
by
packing
over
160,000
meals
for
Detroit
families
facing
food
insecurity.
The
Detroit
Meal
Pack for
9/11
Day,
running
from 9
a.m. to
11 a.m.
at the
Wayne
State
Fieldhouse,
represents
one of
24
large-scale
volunteer
projects
nationwide
organized
by the
nonprofit
9/11
Day. All
packaged
meals
will be
donated
to
Forgotten
Harvest
for
distribution
throughout
the
Detroit
metropolitan
area.
"Twenty-four
years
later,
Americans
have
transformed
the
anniversary
of the
September
11
attacks
into the
largest
day of
service
in
America,"
said
organizers.
The
event
coincides
with
Hunger
Action
Month,
highlighting
the
critical
need for
food
assistance
in
communities
across
the
nation.
The
timing
couldn't
be more
important.
According
to
Feeding
America,
more
than 47
million
Americans
currently
face
food
insecurity,
with
hunger
affecting
every
county
in the
United
States.
The
shelf-stable
meals
being
assembled
will
provide
crucial
nutrition
to
Detroit
residents
struggling
with
food
access.
This
marks
the
second
year for
Detroit's
participation
in the
national
initiative.
Across
the
country,
more
than
30,000
volunteers
are
expected
to
participate
in 9/11
Day's
signature
Meal
Pack
events,
collectively
assembling
over
nine
million
meals
for
food-insecure
Americans.
The 9/11
Day
organization
successfully
worked
with
Congress
and the
President
to
establish
September
11 as a
"National
Day of
Service
and
Remembrance"
under
federal
law in
2009.
What
began as
a
grassroots
effort
in 2002
has
grown
into the
largest
day of
charitable
service
in U.S.
history,
with
more
than 30
million
Americans
participating
annually
through
volunteering,
charitable
giving,
and
community
service.
The
national
Meal
Pack
Program
receives
sponsorship
from
AmeriCorps,
the
federal
agency
that
oversees
national
service
programs
throughout
the
United
States.
When:
Thursday,
September
11,
2025,
9:00
a.m. to
11:00
a.m.
Where:
Wayne
State
Fieldhouse,
1290 W.
Warren
Ave.,
Detroit,
MI 48201
Note:
Volunteer
positions
for this
event
are
filled
and this
is not a
public
call for
additional
volunteers.
For more
information
about
9/11 Day
and
national
service
opportunities,
visit
911day.org.
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