{"id":397267,"date":"2026-09-11T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/397267\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:22:11","slug":"orlando-volunteers-pack-210000-meals-for-9-11-day-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/397267\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando volunteers pack 210,000 meals for 9\/11 Day of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando volunteers pack 210,000 meals for 9\/11 Day of Service<\/p>\n

Orlando joined the national 9\/11 Day meal pack for the first time, with 600 volunteers preparing 210,000 meals to honor the spirit of service inspired by the September 11 attacks.<\/p>\n

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For the first time, Orlando participated in the national 9\/11 Day meal pack, where 600 volunteers from 40 local companies packed 210,000 meals to support those in need. <\/p>\n

“9\/11 Day” is an organization founded in 2002 by David Paine and Jay Winuk. It was created in honor of people like Winuk’s brother. <\/p>\n

“Jay’s younger brother was actually in the tower when it collapsed, and his body was later found with a medic bag and gloves, so he died in service to others,” said Brianna Mayhew of 9\/11 Day. <\/p>\n

The organization has grown its efforts on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy, packing meals in 50 cities last year, up from 25 last year. <\/p>\n

“We wanted to double our impact and really make an impact across the country, and Orlando is an incredible hub,” Mayhew said. <\/p>\n

In Orlando, 9\/11 Day partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, an organization that has seen firsthand how the September 11 attacks affected the local community. <\/p>\n

“That impacted Central Florida’s tourism, so the convention center emptied out, the hotel rooms booked got canceled, and so without people here visiting Orlando, the workers who depend on tourism for their paychecks were without, and Second Harvest responded to that,” said Erika Spence of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. <\/p>\n

As Americans reflect on the unity and resilience shown in the aftermath of September 11, volunteers in Central Florida and across the nation are coming together to pack meals in solidarity with those facing hardships today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando volunteers pack 210,000 meals for 9\/11 Day of Service Orlando joined the national 9\/11 Day meal pack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[158322,1324,147,158323,166,158321,2316,1536,139,141,140,158320,992,21141,19295,13239,726,1316],"class_list":["post-397267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-brianna-mayhew","tag-brother","tag-central-florida","tag-city-last-year","tag-day","tag-jay-winuk","tag-meal","tag-organization","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-volunteer","tag-people","tag-resilience","tag-second-harvest-food-bank","tag-september","tag-service","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}