Completed meals moving through the line for Meals for a Million.
Emily Carter, right, socializes with the volunteers working at the Chick-fil-A table.
Students were able to receive free Chick-fil-A sandwiches after participating in service day activities.
Cherith Laubinger, left, Luke Little, center, and Michaela Remper, right, load rice into large bins to distribute to students for packing.
Finished letters offering encouragement written for missionaries in Haiti.
Students use a press to seal the packages full of rice, nutrients and other ingredients.
Students followed a particular protocol to properly assemble the meals for packaging, adding different elements in proper quantities and ensuring the package was the proper weight.
According to Meals for a Million’s website, each package MBU students finished provides a complete meal for six children, or four adults.
A student packs one of many boxes filled during the day for families in need across the St. Louis region.
MBU students had the chance to write encouraging letters to missionaries in Haiti and commit to praying over them for a month.
Andrea Robb, director of spirit and community engagement, joins the assembly line for Sharing Smiles and talks to students.
A plastic bin filled with completed bears ready to join the others for delivery to hospitals.
Autumn Heaton, left, and Audrey Frost, right, carefully cut out the stenciled bear shape.
Lindsey Peters, left, the founder of Sharing Smiles, stuffs bears and interacts with students.
Kelsey Hall, MBU athletic trainer, works alongside students at the cutting station.
MBU students were involved with every step of the bear making process: tracing the patterns, cutting the fabric and stuffing the bears.
Sharing Smiles bears are crafted in stages. First, the bear’s fabric must be cut into the correct shape.
MBU students had the opportunity to work with Sharing Smiles, an organization that has appeared at previous service days.
MBU’s Office of Faith and Service accepted donations of lightly used shoes to send to children in need in Haiti.
MBU Fall Service Day
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Alex Menz, left, gets off to a fast start on his run through the obstacle course.
Adam Vincent, center, races through the inflatable gauntlet in the Quad.
Raising Cane’s was served for free to students during Service Day.
Students in line serving themselves Raising Cane’s chicken fingers and choosing their sauces.
Becca Starrett, right, talks to those at the Office of Faith and Service tent.
Justin Yeary, left, and Kelaynew Seyoum, right, working at the Office of Faith and Service tent.
Students lining up to write letters for Operation Gratitude.
Students received free iced coffee from The Perk during the Service Day festivities.
Sharing Smiles was on campus during Service Day to give MBU students the opportunity to give back to children in hospitals.
Daniel Dilworth traces a pattern for a bear for Sharing Smiles.
A student working hard to create bears for Sharing Smiles.
Interested students viewing the display at the MBU Student Activities table.
The MBU Student Activities table provided important information on upcoming events at MBU.
Adam Vincent, center, looks on with others as fellow students try their hand at the obstacle course.
