MATTOON — Volunteers from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church formed assembly lines Saturday morning to pack 8,640 rice meals for the church's sister parish in Venezuela.
Missions International President Shelly Sands confers with volunteers Toq Lawrence and Gissella Gonzalez, a senior at Mattoon High School, as they add chicken flavor nutrient and soy protein mixes to rice meals Saturday morning at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church's St. Mary School gym in Mattoon. The meals are bound for the church's sister parish in Venezuela.
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Volunteer Matthew Fisher refills the rice container for fellow helpers Lana Conlon, Megan Salmela and Jan Wetzel on Saturday morning, March 7, 2026 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church's St. Mary School gym in Mattoon as they pack rice meals for the church's sister parish in Venezuela.
Volunteer Andrew Will, a Windsor High School senior, prepares to add dried vegetables to rice packed by fellow helpers Amanda and Brendan Aydt and their daughter, Mattoon third grader Maria, Saturday morning at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church's St. Mary School gym in Mattoon. They were helping pack meals for the church's sister parish in Venezuela.
A wall of boxes, ultimately numbering 40, takes shape Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church's St. Mary School gym in Mattoon as volunteers pack rice meals for the church's sister parish in Venezuela.
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