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Photo Gallery: Eagles host large meal-pack event for 9/11 anniversary
At Lincoln Financial Field, over 2,200 volunteers came together to pack 1 million meals for 9/11 Day's national "UNIITE For Good" initiative. Toyota is the Title Sponsor for two of the three Eagles volunteer shifts. The event is supported by Toyota, ACME, FMC, West, BetRivers, Comcast/NBC Sports Philly, Independence Blue Cross, Johnson Kendall Johnson, AAA, American Airlines, Attalon, Chickie's & Pete's, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Crown Royal, Essity, Firstrust Bank, Frito, Hoffman's, IBEW98, Jefferson Health, Lincoln Financial, McDonald's, Nouryon, NRG, Philadelphia Insurance, Rita's Water Ice, Tokio Marine Group, Wawa, and Wipfli.
Yes, the Eagles and local partners teamed up to pack 1 million meals for Philabundance.
Dalila Wilson-Scott, Executive Vice President and Chief Impact & Inclusion Officer of Comcast Corporation and President of the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, addresses the volunteers.
There was plenty of energy as the volunteers packed the 1 million meals!
Eagles Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Quick assisted with the efforts.
Emily Root Schenkel works to preserve the memory of her cousin, Flight 93 flight attendant Lorraine Bay, who was killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The Eagles Cheerleaders helped pack 1 million meals!
Eagles Autism Foundation staff members help pack the 1 mllion meals.
Eagles employees helped pack the 1 million meals.
SWOOP energized the volunteers.
Volunteers from Comcast helped pack the 1 million meals.
Packing 1 million meals was a team effort.
The Eagles' meal-packing event is one of 50 large-scale volunteer service events that the nonprofit 9/11 Day organizes nationwide.
According to Philabundance, nearly 700,000 people across Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey face food insecurity.
The 9/11 meal-packing event lasted the entire day at Lincoln Financial Field.
More than 2,000 volunteers packed the 1 million meals.
