Thanksgiving Pack-A-Thon

In 1998, envisioning a world without hunger, Ray Buchanan - a United Methodist minister - founded Stop Hunger Now. In 2017, Stop Hunger Now rebranded to become Rise Against Hunger. After enlisting as a U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War, Ray Buchanan quickly recognized that accomplishing a mission required "commitment to something larger than yourself." Driving Rise Against Hunger’s work is the recognition that ending hunger is more than just feeding people, which led Rise Against Hunger to focus its feeding programs in areas where we can have a real impact and expand its hunger-fighting programs beyond meal packaging and distribution. , Rise Against Hunger works alongside communities worldwide to build food security and long-term resilience. Our approach is grounded in three interconnected focus areas nutrition, education and economic empowerment. Join us for our Annual Thanksgiving Pack-A-Thon in Marietta, GA to pack over 200,000 meals alongside 800 volunteers!