Summary: Packing nutritious shelf stable meals for a food pantry in/near San Diego, CA.
San Diego Hunger Coalition estimates that, as of March 2024, 1 in 4 (25%) San Diegans experience nutrition insecurity, or are unable to provide three, nutritious meals per day for themselves and/or their families. Our project will involve packing 10,000 nutritious shelf-stable meals for a local food pantry which will distribute the meals to people in need. We have partnered with the Outreach Program and Old Mission Rotary (OMR) to accomplish the project. The Outreach Program is a nonprofit dedicated to combating malnutrition that engages volunteers to pack shelf stable meals with 7-11 grams of plant-based protein that are fortified with 21 essential vitamins and minerals.
Our club will split the cost of the meals with OMR. The funds will be used to purchase the meal ingredients which cost $0.40 per meal (not including shipping). We have a goal of packing 10,000 meals and engaging 75+ volunteers during our meal packing day in March 2027. We will invite OMR's sponsored clubs Francis Parker Interact and Pacific Beach Rotaract and our sponsored club City Heights Rotaract to join us as volunteers.
Fully Pledged
This project is "Fully Pledged". This means the amount of the pledges is equal to the total budget of the project. Now the project needs to be finalized and go through the club signature process. This process gets started on the administration page.
Project listed for the 2026-27 Rotary Year.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Mission Valley Evening (5340)
20-Jul-26
$1,500
$1,500
$3,000
Mission Valley Evening (5340)
26-Jul-26
$2,100
$0
$2,100
Total
$3,600
$1,500
$5,100
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
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History Log Entries
20-Jul-26
by Christopher Romero
System Entry: Creation of project page.
26-Jul-26
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $2,100 by Christopher Romero of the Rotary Club of Mission Valley Evening, District 5340.
