At a rice and bean table volunteers create an assembly line to produce packages of food during Pack-a-thon 2017 at the Muslim Community Center, 5100 N Kevy Place. More than 200 volunteers were expected to help package meals for the hungry who live in the region. Members of Catalina Methodist Church, Temple Emanu-El and the Muslim Community Center of Tucson are working with Outreach, Inc., to coordinate the event. This year's goal is to package 50,000 meals.

 A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

At least three faith communities are aiming to pack 100,000 meals for hungry people in Tucson and Southern Arizona. 

You can help them on Sunday, Jan. 7. 

The packathon will begin at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 8051 E. Broadway. Catalina United Methodist Church will partner with the Muslim Community Center of Tucson, 5100 N. Kevy Place, starting around noon to pack meals at the center, according to press materials. 

"We're going to pack 50,000 meals, as are they," said St. Paul's director of leadership development Nancy Scott. "So for Tucson, that's 100,000 meals." 

For more information and to register for the packathon at St. Paul's, visit stpaulsumctucson.org or call 296-6149.  

For more information about the packing at the Muslim Community Center  with Catalina United Methodist Church, visit facebook.com/interfaithpackathon or call the church at 327-4296. 

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