Carnival City follows the sun in support of Stop Hunger Now
Carnival City urges local businesses and caring citizens to spend 67 minutes of their time to help pack meals for children in need.
Carnival City has enthusiastically hopped on board in support of Sun International and Stop Hunger Now South Africa’s international meal packaging challenge, Follow the Sun.
The event will take place during July to commemorate International Mandela Day.
The goal is to pack 10 million meals worldwide, with two million meals to be packed in South Africa at five Sun International sites nationally over a period of seven days starting from July 13 to 20.
The seven-day operation is intended to commemorate Mandela Day and South Africa’s most loved citizen’s particular focus on our country’s children and their well-being.
Carnival City will play host to the Follow the Sun meal packing challenge on July 19.
Sun International employees, representatives from caring businesses, government representatives and other like-minded stakeholders will come together and roll up their sleeves to pack food parcels for the needy.
Volunteers can lend a helping hand by assisting with packing dry goods such as soy, rice, 23 vitamins and minerals and a soup mix to be delivered to hungry children around South Africa.
Each volunteer will spend 67 minutes commemorating Nelson Mandela by packing products into meal boxes, which will ultimately feed a child for an entire year.
“Stop Hunger Now SA does tremendous work to alleviate the plight of hungry people in South Africa,” said Annemie Turk, the general manager for Carnival City.
“Alleviating hunger is something that is close to Sun International’s heart and we feel privileged be part of this meaningful worldwide campaign to eradicate hunger.
“We urge local businesses and our community to Follow the Sun and help make a difference in the lives of those that are weakened by hunger.”
CEO of Stop Hunger Now SA, Saira Khan said, “It is paramount that organisations like ourselves continue to do more so that we can eradicate hunger in this country.
“This global event is the first of its kind, in which we use Sun International’s facilities to get corporate South Africa to volunteer their time to package nutritious meals for children.
“We challenge corporate South Africa to get on board and make this a reality with the rest of the world.”
For more information contact events@stophungernowsa.org or visit the Stop Hunger Now website, www.stophungernow.org/south-africas-million-meal-challenge-for-mandela-day/.
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