Today is: National Food Bank Day
National Food Bank Day was created in 2017, to commemorate 50 years since the founding of St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance, the first food bank in the world, and to "recognize the outstanding contributions of food banks around the country". St. Mary's was founded by John ven Hengel in 1967. They distribute 250,000 meals a day, and food banks around the country help many of the 42 million people who are hungry, a great portion of whom are children. Hunger can come for many reasons: illness, a loss of a job, natural disasters, or a change in other life circumstances. In the United States, most food banks act as distribution centers to smaller local food pantries, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters. Most food comes from businesses that have excess food and volunteers.
Source: Checkiday.com
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