Hundreds gathered at the Osage Center over the weekend to volunteer at the annual Feed My Starving Children event hosted by La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau.
Courtney Shelby and son, Blake Shelby, 8, seal packages of dried food during the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Marshall Abner, 16, scoops rice during the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Sylvia Crader and her grandson, Liam Anderson, 7, help Richard Walther pack a box of dried foods at the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Selah Lynn, 5, jumps up in excitement as she stacks Manna Pack dried foods at the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Jack Kellogg and Marshall Abner, both 16, scoop rice during the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Jonas and Ada Hohenadel, 15 and 5, pose with Carter Hennemann, 14 after the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Destiny Ledbetter and Lauren Sipes smile as they scoop dried foods while volunteering with Jefferson Elementary Pre-K at the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Macy Robinson, center, and Selah and Ila Lynn, 5 and 7, seal packages of dried food at the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
Selah Lynn, 5, places a bad of dried foods on a table at the Feed My Starving Children event on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Osage Center.
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