Hungry All Year Long Food Drive is Huge Success!
The Hungry All Year Long program began June 1st and ended shortly after the 4th of July holiday weekend with great success. The food drive, which began in 2007, had over 100 donation locations and collected 13,350 pounds of food. This year exceeded the group’s expectations with over 350 donation spots from Madras to La Pine, from Sisters to Prineville and everything in between.
The program’s creator and founder Laura George along with the help of her 2 co-chairs, Pat Leahy and Danielle Snow want to acknowledge the exceptional work and dedication of the 12 Team Captains and over 30 Volunteer Coordinators throughout Central Oregon who made the program such a great success.
The goal for 2009 was to collect 20,000 pounds of food – instead 47,102 lbs of food was collected, which was more than double the goal! NeighborImpact and the team at Hungry All Year Long would like to acknowledge the following people for the special role they played in making this food drive such a success – O’Keeffe’s Company for supplying the boxes and Wells Fargo for making a $5000.00 donation. Their support is a testimony to the Central Oregon community and the fight against hunger.
Just because the food drive is over does not mean that the need no longer exists. Please continue to give to your local food pantry or log onto http://www.neighborimpact.org/ to make a monetary donation. The face of hunger has changed in Central Oregon and we can each be part of the solution by continuing to donate. Thank you all!
The Hungry All Year Long program began June 1st and ended shortly after the 4th of July holiday weekend with great success. The food drive, which began in 2007, had over 100 donation locations and collected 13,350 pounds of food. This year exceeded the group’s expectations with over 350 donation spots from Madras to La Pine, from Sisters to Prineville and everything in between.
The program’s creator and founder Laura George along with the help of her 2 co-chairs, Pat Leahy and Danielle Snow want to acknowledge the exceptional work and dedication of the 12 Team Captains and over 30 Volunteer Coordinators throughout Central Oregon who made the program such a great success.
The goal for 2009 was to collect 20,000 pounds of food – instead 47,102 lbs of food was collected, which was more than double the goal! NeighborImpact and the team at Hungry All Year Long would like to acknowledge the following people for the special role they played in making this food drive such a success – O’Keeffe’s Company for supplying the boxes and Wells Fargo for making a $5000.00 donation. Their support is a testimony to the Central Oregon community and the fight against hunger.
Just because the food drive is over does not mean that the need no longer exists. Please continue to give to your local food pantry or log onto http://www.neighborimpact.org/ to make a monetary donation. The face of hunger has changed in Central Oregon and we can each be part of the solution by continuing to donate. Thank you all!
