" Helping heal the hurt of hunger "
- Since 1986
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| To See story click on pictures below - Below left: Melody and Heather donated 289 lbs. of food after a graduation party scavenger hunt. Below right: Dennis Brown is the new Director of the Victoria Food Bank and is looking forward to meeting with civic groups. |
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The Food Bank of the Golden Crescent makes dual Head Lines in the Victoria Advocate
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| New Food Bank Director |
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Now more than ever our services are needed to ensure that those being negatively affected by the economic downturn and high food prices have access to the healthy food they need to feed themselves and their families. We are working hard to meet the rise in requests for our services and need the help of our community to achieve our mission.
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MOST NEEDED FOODS:
The Food Bank needs nutritious,
non-perishable foods:
Meals in a can (stew, chili, soup)
Tuna / canned meat
Peanut butter
Canned foods with pop-top lids
Low sugar cereals
100% fruit juices in single serving boxes
Canned fruit packed in juice
Canned vegetables (low salt)
Please avoid donating items packaged in glass.
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| Food Drive Participants a Success!
On Saturday, May 9, 2009, the 17th National Association of Letter Carriers helped again Stamp Out Hunger! across America, but they did not do it alone. The Stamp Out Hunger campaign on May 9 resulted in a donation of 12,308 pounds of food to the Food Bank of the Golden Crescent, about 2,000 pounds more than in 2008. ...
Supporting the drive again this year are Campbell Soup Company, the U.S. Postal Service, Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest - the Nation's Food Bank Network), Valpak, the AFL-CIO and United Way of America.
...to everyone who participated
Thank You!
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Protection for Food Donors...
The law protects food donors.
The federal Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 protects businesses, nonprofit
organizations and individuals who donate food in good faith from civil or criminal liability should such donated food cause
harm to a recipient.
Tax benefits
are also available to business that donate food. Current tax laws allow generous deductions for contributions of ordinary
income property to charitable organizations.
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National News...
USDA Updates - Peanut Butter Recall
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| FDA Website for all products in the peanut butter recall http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html Here is the FDA website that is compiling all of the products in the peanut butter recall. I recommend that you search the database right before you release any product that has the word peanut in the ingredient list on the food label since approximately 10-20 different types of food products are being added to the recall each day. The types of foods being recalled include foods other than peanut butter like cookies, ice cream, nutrition bars, trail mixes, peanut butter crackers, Chinese food mixes, etc. You |
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