More than 100 people from ages 3 to 83 met at Hopewell United Methodist Church (UMC) in Downingtown on Oct. 16 to pack 35,000 meals in two hours in partnership with Meals of Hope. The event was part of the church's monthlong Campaign for Kindness, encouraging and engaging Chester County residents and businesses to spread kindness throughout the community.
Approximately half of the meals packed within the two-hour timespan are being distributed locally through the Chester County Food Bank and the remainder will be distributed through Meals of Hope to people in Haiti, a country that Hopewell UMC supports through its Beyond the Walls program.
In addition to the meal packing event, Hopewell's Campaign for Kindness, observed during October, included home repair projects with Good Works, making and serving meals at Safe Harbor in West Chester, helping with flood relief work and participating in reverse trick or treat events at senior living facilities.
Hopewell's Campaign for Kindness also offered ideas for acts of kindness that people can do at little or no cost, including giving someone a compliment, offering an umbrella to someone in the rain, calling someone you haven't spoken to in a while, buying a gift card for someone in need, sending someone a card and donating a book to a Little Free Library.
For more information, visit http://www.hopewellumc.org/campaignforkindness.
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