Tag: volunteerism

  • MCC meat cannery grand opening

    MCC meat cannery grand opening

    On January 18, 2025, over 700 people gathered at the MCC Hub in New Hamburg to celebrate the grand opening of the new MCC Meat Cannery. This 10,000-square-foot facility is set to make a significant impact on vulnerable communities worldwide, with a goal of producing 60,000 cans of nutritious food annually for families in crisis.…

  • Hooked on volunteering

    Hooked on volunteering

    Eileen Klassen Hamm recalls how, as a young adult, she considered a Mennonite Voluntary Service term to be a good and natural thing to do. “It was an earlier era, where the church that owns Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) really fostered that sense of voluntary service,” she says. “There were a whole host of opportunities…