WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The Kiwanis Club of Westfield hosted their first "Western Mass End Hunger" event on Saturday in Scanlon Hall at Westfield State University. State Line Propane and Oil opens a show room in Westfield Together, clubs from Western Massachusetts and Enfield, Connecticut packaged 10,000 ready-to-make meals to be distributed throughout the clubs in combined areas. “We hope that this is just the first of an annual event,” said Organizer Daniele Sturmer. “Service projects like this demonstrate what Kiwanis is all about. It makes us proud to know wewill be assisting members of our local communities who struggle with food insecurity.” “Food sustainability in Western MA is a huge need and we hope this provides some muchneeded relief to our communities,” said Organizer Heidi Leonard. The Westfield Kiwanis Club works to make the community and better and safer place for kids. They encourage anyone interested in joining to visit their website for a list of meeting times and upcoming events. Local News Headlines Motorcyclist dead after crash on Church Street in Thorndike Grand opening ceremony for new wellness center in Easthampton Springfield City Library hosts author fair and book sale Jean Bones-Colon of South Hadley featured on unsolved homicide playing card WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.