Zakat Foundation of America held another one of its signature ZF Volunteer Days on January 26, 2018, this time in partnership with the Mecca Center. Volunteers packed and delivered lunches for Chicago’s needy, homeless and elderly. A whopping 300 young volunteers from the Center’s Mecca MVMT youth group packed 500 lunches with 14 food items, from turkey and cheese sandwiches, to apples, chips, cookies, and water in a snappy 20 minutes. The next day, staff and volunteers headed out and put the lunch bags in the hands of hungry homeless on Chicago’s South Side, and low-income elderly residents at the historic Rosenwald Court Apartments in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
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ZF Volunteer Day draws a teeming turnout, as always. 
Volunteers included families, friends, youth groups, elderly, and more. 
14 assembly lines prepared and packed bag lunches 
Shaykh Aly of Mecca Center wears a ZF volunteer vest after delivering his speech on the widespread problem of homelessness and hunger 
Many youth volunteers received t-shirts raising awareness about the Rohingya crisis. 
Abdelahmid, ZF Outreach Coordinator inspires the volunteers to give back. 
So many volunteers showed up that 500 lunch bags were prepared in less than half an hour! 
Yara, ZF Outreach Coordinator. 
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