Gallery: Over 1,000 volunteers take part in ‘Boston Meal Pack for 9/11 Day’

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Hundreds of volunteers make “Meals of Hope” during the Meal Pack for 9/11 Day. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

The Boston Meal Pack for 9/11 Day was held Monday at Agganis Arena at Boston University.

More than 1,000 people from throughout Boston spent the anniversary of 9/11 helping others, and packed 330,000 healthy, non-perishable meals to be donated to The Greater Boston Food Bank for distribution to individuals and families at risk of hunger.

The Boston Meal Pack for 9/11 Day is being co-hosted jointly by AmeriCorps and the 9/11 nonprofit 9/11 Day, which was founded in 2002 by 9/11 leaders who led the efforts to establish September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance under federal law.

More than 53 companies participated in the Boston Meal Pack for 9/11 Day, one of 18 9/11 Day Meal Packs held nationwide in observance of 9/11 Day, the federally recognized September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.

As many as 20,000 volunteers participated in these Meal Packs nationwide, packing more than 6 million meals for 9/11 Day and as part of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month.

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