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Harvest for Hunger Campaign Raises $81,618
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- This year’s Harvest for Hunger Campaign raised $81,618 and collected more than 21 tons of food to feed families in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties, Mike Iberis announced.
Iberis is executive director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley. The fundraiser is a month-long drive in March and April to replenish food supplies for summer when donations tend to taper off and the need increases for nutritious food for children.
“We thank the residents of the Mahoning Valley and the Harvest for Hunger sponsors: Giant Eagle, WFMJ and WBCB, The Vindicator, Cumulus radio stations Y-103, HOT101, K-105 and UFCW Local 880 for a successful campaign,” Iberis said in a prepared statement. “Individuals gave donations of food and funds at Giant Eagle and Sparkle markets. Companies, organizations and schools held food and funds drives. We are extremely grateful to the Mahoning Valley community for their support of this campaign and for their year-round support of our efforts to provide emergency food assistance to those in need.”
Second Harvest Food Bank provides food to 153 hunger relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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