Miles
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“The competition was crazy,” Justin Simmons said. “At first it was a friendly competition, and then Von came in and he hopped on at our table, and all of a sudden, our table’s getting a bunch of hate. So we got a taste of what it was like to be Von for a little bit. But no, all jokes aside, it was fun, though. Every box that you completed, we had a little bell that we rang. You hear someone ring a bell and then you’ve kind of got the tension going up. You got the butterflies, and then you want to package faster. It was a lot of fun, though, packaging and making a little competition out of it. It’s hard for everyone not to enjoy a bit of a competition.”
As bells clanged and teams tried to work harder, they relied on their teamwork, passing scoops of dry macaroni pasta down the line to people bagging, then to those adding expiration-date tags and then finally to the people loading the boxes.
When it was all over, there was a little boasting, but more than that, there was a shared spirit of achievement and camaraderie, as groups took pride in knowing that the impact of their time together will make an impact.
About 10 percent of Colorado residents are food insecure and unsure of how they may get their next meal. Feeding Children Everywhere, the non-profit organization that aims to help end hunger in part through volunteer events like this, has distributed over 115 million meals to children and families in need since 2010.