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Gehlen Kids Against Hunger 2007  

Gehlen's second packing event was held on Friday, May 11, 2007.  261,360 meals were packaged by 620 packers.


Paul Freking prepares boxes - click for larger image
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Paul Freking prepares boxes

Kindergarten packs food - click for larger image
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Kindergarten packs food

Rice, soy product, vegetables, & vitamin fortified chicken flavoring go into each bag - click for larger image
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Rice, soy product, vegetables, & vitamin fortified chicken flavoring go into each bag

Workers weigh & seal bags - click for larger image
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Workers weigh & seal bags

Weighing & sealing bags - click for larger image
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Weighing & sealing bags

Tom Ryan packs boxes - click for larger image
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Tom Ryan packs boxes

A gym full of KAH volunteers - click for larger image
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A gym full of KAH volunteers

The Kids Against Hunger truck awaits its load of food - click for larger image
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The Kids Against Hunger truck awaits its load of food

Bird's eye view of packing, weighing, & sealing stations - click for larger image
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Bird's eye view of packing, weighing, & sealing stations

Bird's eye view of sorting & boxing stations - click for larger image
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Bird's eye view of sorting & boxing stations

Students sort filled bags prior to boxing - click for larger image
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Students sort filled bags prior to boxing

Weighers & sealers concentrate on their work - click for larger image
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Weighers & sealers concentrate on their work

Volunteers pack food - click for larger image
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Volunteers pack food

All ages of volunteers work together - click for larger image
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All ages of volunteers work together

Elementary students packing food - click for larger image
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Elementary students packing food

Students pack food - click for larger image
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Students pack food

Packing food - click for larger image
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Packing food

Students pause for a photo while packing food - click for larger image
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Students pause for a photo while packing food

Paul Gengler sorts bags - click for larger image
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Paul Gengler sorts bags

Brittney Schlichte packs boxes - click for larger image
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Brittney Schlichte packs boxes

Students concentrate on their jobs - click for larger image
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Students concentrate on their jobs

Refilling the rice - click for larger image
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Refilling the rice

A bag holds all its ingredients - click for larger image
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A bag holds all its ingredients

Charlie Oetken hauls another filled pallet - click for larger image
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Charlie Oetken hauls another filled pallet

Instructor Mary Renner concentrates on the weight for her food - click for larger image
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Instructor Mary Renner concentrates on the weight for her food

Sealing a bag of food - click for larger image
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Sealing a bag of food

Students wait in the staging area - click for larger image
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Students wait in the staging area

Students wait for their job assignments - click for larger image
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Students wait for their job assignments

Shrink wrapping a full pallet - click for larger image
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Shrink wrapping a full pallet

Paul Freking moves another pallet - click for larger image
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Paul Freking moves another pallet

Students move containers of filled bags to the sealing station - click for larger image
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Students move containers of filled bags to the sealing station

Filled bags await the sealers - click for larger image
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Filled bags await the sealers

The first full pallet is loaded onto the truck - click for larger image
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The first full pallet is loaded onto the truck

Richard Seivert presents a check to pay for the food & shipping - click for larger image
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Richard Seivert presents a check to pay for the food & shipping

Student Jill Kessenich carefully checks the weight of her food - click for larger image
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Student Jill Kessenich carefully checks the weight of her food

Packing volunteers focus on their job - click for larger image
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Packing volunteers focus on their job

First graders & their teacher Mrs. McMillan have fun packing food - click for larger image
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First graders & their teacher Mrs. McMillan have fun packing food

Volunteers weigh & seal the bags of food - click for larger image
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Volunteers weigh & seal the bags of food

Students sort & box food - click for larger image
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Students sort & box food

Instructor Laurie Kellen packs food with her family - click for larger image
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Instructor Laurie Kellen packs food with her family

Adult volunteers man a packing station - click for larger image
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Adult volunteers man a packing station

College students volunteer for KAH - click for larger image
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College students volunteer for KAH

Students of all ages work together - click for larger image
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Students of all ages work together

Gehlen students, staff, and volunteers pose for a group photo at the end of the school day - click for larger image
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Gehlen students, staff, and volunteers pose for a group photo at the end of the school day