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16 Items to Fight Local Hunger

Globe Unviersity-Woodbury campus partner with The Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf to help local hunger by hosting a food drive in honor of MN FoodShare The March Campaign.

Each March, Minnesota FoodShare directs The March Campaign, the largest food drive in the state that helps restock almost 300 food shelves across Minnesota.

The Globe University-Woodbury campus happily partnered with Woodbury’s Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf (CCEFS) to participate in The March Campaign by hosting a food drive throughout the month of March.

The campus placed a barrel in the student commons for staff, students and community members to donate non-perishables (see recommended list below of 16 items to donate).

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“In a country with an overabundance of food, no one should go hungry because of a lack of funds or technical and professional knowledge. We have the food, and we have the networks; we now need to support the providers,” said Congressman Jose E.Serrano.

Local Hunger Facts From CCEFS:

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  • Number of families served has grown from 90-120 people each week
  • Families in need receive five to seven bags of groceries per visit
  • 535,000 pounds of food distributed in 2012 to more than 2,500 families
  • Approximately 40 percent of those served are children

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