Volunteers In Edgemont Prepare 50K Meals For People Who Are Hungry

EDGEMONT, NY — More than 250 volunteers prepared more than 50,000 meals for people who are hungry all over the world Saturday morning.

The volunteer effort took place at the Greenville Elementary School in Edgemont.

The Million Meal Project, a nonprofit organization run by the Blumberg family of Edgemont, is launching this fall with a goal of packaging and distributing 1 million meals by 2028 to families in need all over the world.

The organization will partner with global nonprofit Rise Against Hunger and other local organizations to host monthly meal packaging events in the Edgemont community over the next five years.

Casey, Wilson and Elyse Blumberg, co-founders of the Million Meal Project, said they volunteered earlier in the year for a Rise Against Hunger event hosted by the Edgemont Community Council at Seely Place Elementary School and were inspired by it.

“We had a lot of fun with friends at the event and were impressed with how easy it was to volunteer out time and make such a difference in so many lives,” they said.

Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said it was inspiring to see children working hard to prepare the meals.

He said providing pre-teens with the chance to learn about hunger around the world and to bring smiles and help get food to people in need is fantastic.

See photos from the volunteer event at this website.