When Mitzi Willis’ brother asked her to accompany him on a Convoy of Hope trip to Haiti last year, Willis agreed to go without knowing exactly why. A visit to Convoy of Hope’s warehouse there supplied her answer.

In the past six years Willis and her family have participated in several food-packing events where they bagged, sealed and boxed nonperishable meals for undernourished people. Willis never knew the final destination of any of these meals, but that day in the warehouse she discovered boxes that she helped pack in her hometown of Raleigh, N.C.

“Seeing those boxes and later watching children eat food that my children and I packed, the service project came full circle for me,” says Willis. “Convoy of Hope is getting the food to hungry people who need it most.”

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At a recent food-packing event in Phoenix, Ariz., dozens of Convoy of Hope volunteers packaged more than 26,000 pounds of beans. Just like the meals Willis helped pack, these beans will soon travel through Convoy of Hope’s logistics pipeline to help hungry children and families.