Kennedy Foundation donates $15K to Second Harvest

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Kennedy Family Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, has awarded $15,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley’s BackPack Program at Campbell Elementary School.

The program is designed to fill the gaps when other resources for food are not available such as weekends and holidays. Each Friday during the school year, 150 third- and fourth-graders at Campbell Elementary take home a bag full of child-friendly, nutritious food to eat over the weekend.

With the help of the Kennedy Family Fund, the program has been feeding children in Campbell since 2007.

The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley is operated exclusively for charitable, education and scientific purposes which effectively assist and promote the well-being of residents of Mahoning and Trumbull counties. Information about the foundation can be found at www.cfmv.org.

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

For information on how you can help, go to www.mahoningvalleysecondharvest.org or call 330-792-5522.