Aiden Kuremsky, 15, adds ingredients to a meal bag of dried rice and vegetables with his classmates in the Mars Area High School Key Club on Saturday at the school. Students in the community service club put together more than 8,000 meals in conjunction with Rise Against Hunger, a nonprofit food aid program that responds to crisis situations and gives aid to developing countries. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Allison Yanief, 15, left, Johanna Park, 15, and Ashley Hershman, 15, help fill bags of dried rice vegetables and soy with their classmates in the Mars Area High School Key club Saturday in the school cafeteria. Students in the community service club put together more than 8,000 meals in conjunction with Rise Against Hunger, a nonprofit food aid program that responds to crisis situations and gives aid to developing countries. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Gabby Chamblik, 17, left, and Ryann Cifu, 17, help fill bags of dried rice vegetables and soy with their classmates in the Mars Area High School Key club Saturday at the school. Students in the community service club put together more than 8,000 meals in conjunction with Rise Against Hunger, a nonprofit food aid program that responds to crisis situations and gives aid to developing countries. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Student members of Mars Area School District’s Key Club worked to assemble more than 8,000 meals on Saturday to benefit people in crisis situations.

The event, which has been held by the club since 2020, brings volunteers together to package bags of rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables, and flavorings that can be heated up with water to create a healthy meal.

The student organization works in conjunction with the Rise Against Hunger nonprofit food aid program. More than 8,000 meal packages put together by Key Club members will be sent to those in need, especially to people in disaster situations and developing countries.