DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Helping feed starving children around the world, hundreds of community members are taking part in "Feed My Starving Children" meal packing.

The event is taking place at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Decatur.

"When we come here, we are doing one thing and that's serve those children that need this the most," said Blake Wells, head of strategy for sustainable materials at ADM.

Over the course of two days, tens of thousands of meals will be packed by volunteers.

"Local businesses, organizations, school groups, church groups, whole families coming. Kids as old as five years old can come and pack and be part of something bigger," said Andrea Gerhard, volunteer event coordinator.

For 12 years, the community has been putting together dozens of manupack meals made with

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