St. Cloud • Kids Fighting Hunger hosts community-wide food packaging event with a collection of nonperishable food items at St. Cloud River’s Edge Convention Center. Food-packaging shifts are approximately 75 minutes and begin at 9 and 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. To volunteer for the event and to register, visit getconnected.unitedwayhelps.org/event. (To donate to the event, send payment by check to Kids Fighting Hunger, P.O. Box 7550, St. Cloud, MN 56302, and designate “We Are Thankful.” Donations also accepted online at kidsfightinghunger.org.)