Food bank gets $5,000 grant

Staff report

Youngstown

The Ward Beecher Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley to support capital improvements.

The funds will be used to purchase a new furnace that will replace the food bank’s current unit on Salt Springs Road on the city’s West Side.

The food bank’s furnace is 16 years old and in need of costly repairs, food bank officials said in a press release.

Michael Iberis, food bank executive director, thanked the foundation for its continued support.

Second Harvest distributes food to 153 hunger-relief organizations in the Valley.