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Dream Dinners Presents Fight Against Hunger

October 1, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Dream Dinners, a national meal-assembly company that brings families together around the dinner table, along with its nonprofit, the Living the Dream Foundation, and Friends and Family Community Connection (FFCC), a nonprofit that brings awareness to the issue of hunger, will host the area’s first Fight Against Hunger event from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2016.

The newly built Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo Warehouse on Kendall Road will host the event where organizers are hoping to raise $13,000 and to package 40,000 meals that day. Of those meals, 13,000 will be distributed to the local community by the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo, and the remaining 27,000 will be transported abroad to Tanzania.

During the event volunteers will be assigned to a station and, as a group, they will assemble food packages that have been scientifically designed to reverse the effects of malnutrition and starvation, with each meal consisting of 52% soy protein, 21 different vitamins and minerals, and dehydrated vegetables and rice. Each quart-size package provides enough ingredients for six meals and they only cost about 25 cents each to put together.

Individuals interested in volunteering, or in making a donation, should contact Dream Dinners storeowner Lauren Persall at (805) 786-4852 or [email protected]. Additional information about the San Luis Obispo Dream Dinners Fight Against Hunger event can be found online at www.livingthedreamfoundation.com.

ABOUT DREAM DINNERS:
Founded in 2002, Dream Dinners, Inc. helps busy moms get wholesome home-cooked meals on the dinner table. Guests choose from seasonal, rotating monthly menus and prepare the dinners in-store without the hassle of planning, shopping and chopping. Dream Dinners lays out the ingredients in an easy-to-follow format so guests can assemble a month’s worth of meals in about an hour. A pioneer and leader of the meal assembly industry with 86 retail locations in 24 states, Dream Dinners is on a mission to grow great kids, and believes good things happen when families come together at the dinner table. Learn more at www.dreamdinners.com.

ABOUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY COMMUNITY CONNECTION:
Friends & Family Community Connection (FFCC) is a community organization based in San Diego. It began in 1996 providing local support to families in need and has grown over the years to bring immediate and sustainable help to those across the country and overseas. The mission is to bring awareness, and provide volunteer opportunities for the community to come together to make a difference. International efforts focus in the areas of food, safe water, medical care, education and power. In the commitment to battle hunger, FFCC has packaged and distributed over 11 million non-perishable meals in the U.S. and abroad. For more information about FFCC and the Fight Against Hunger, visit www.ffccsd.org.

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  • Date: October 1, 2016
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    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Dream Dinners, a national meal-assembly company that brings families together around the dinner table, along with its nonprofit, the Living the Dream Foundation, and Friends and Family Community Connection (FFCC), a nonprofit that brings awareness to the issue of hunger, will host the area’s first Fight Against Hunger event from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2016.

The newly built Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo Warehouse on Kendall Road will host the event where organizers are hoping to raise $13,000 and to package 40,000 meals that day. Of those meals, 13,000 will be distributed to the local community by the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo, and the remaining 27,000 will be transported abroad to Tanzania.

During the event volunteers will be assigned to a station and, as a group, they will assemble food packages that have been scientifically designed to reverse the effects of malnutrition and starvation, with each meal consisting of 52% soy protein, 21 different vitamins and minerals, and dehydrated vegetables and rice. Each quart-size package provides enough ingredients for six meals and they only cost about 25 cents each to put together.

Individuals interested in volunteering, or in making a donation, should contact Dream Dinners storeowner Lauren Persall at (805) 786-4852 or [email protected]. Additional information about the San Luis Obispo Dream Dinners Fight Against Hunger event can be found online at www.livingthedreamfoundation.com.

ABOUT DREAM DINNERS:
Founded in 2002, Dream Dinners, Inc. helps busy moms get wholesome home-cooked meals on the dinner table. Guests choose from seasonal, rotating monthly menus and prepare the dinners in-store without the hassle of planning, shopping and chopping. Dream Dinners lays out the ingredients in an easy-to-follow format so guests can assemble a month’s worth of meals in about an hour. A pioneer and leader of the meal assembly industry with 86 retail locations in 24 states, Dream Dinners is on a mission to grow great kids, and believes good things happen when families come together at the dinner table. Learn more at www.dreamdinners.com.

ABOUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY COMMUNITY CONNECTION:
Friends & Family Community Connection (FFCC) is a community organization based in San Diego. It began in 1996 providing local support to families in need and has grown over the years to bring immediate and sustainable help to those across the country and overseas. The mission is to bring awareness, and provide volunteer opportunities for the community to come together to make a difference. International efforts focus in the areas of food, safe water, medical care, education and power. In the commitment to battle hunger, FFCC has packaged and distributed over 11 million non-perishable meals in the U.S. and abroad. For more information about FFCC and the Fight Against Hunger, visit www.ffccsd.org.