Feed Our Valley campaign raises $71K

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

21 WFMJ-TV’s Project Feed Our Valley campaign raised $71,599 and collected more than 74,000 pounds of food to feed hungry families in the three-county area.

Project Feed Our Valley’s five-year totals have now reached $289,090 and 329,943 pounds of food.

“Project Feed Our Valley campaign is growing each year, and the impact it has had on the food bank is incredible,” said Michael Iberis, executive director, Second Harvest Food Bank. “Every dollar raised and every can of food collected makes a huge difference when more than 13,000 people each week in the Mahoning Valley rely on our services.”

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley distributes food to 153 hunger-relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

The organizations include church pantries, homeless shelters and soup kitchens, shelters for battered women and after-school programs.

For more information on Project Feed Our Valley, visit www.wfmj.com. To help those facing the hunger crisis, call Second Harvest Food Bank at 330-792-5522 or visit www.mahoningvalleysecondharvest.org.