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CBS News
01-08-2025
- General
- CBS News
Yuba-Sutter Food Bank urges truckers to donate extra loads
The Yuba-Sutter Food Bank is calling on truck drivers to help fight hunger by turning big rigs into big help. They're asking for truckers to donate any extra food, surplus or rejected food. "The [Highway] 99 and Highway 20 run right through here, so there's tons of trucks coming in and out every day," said Abi Smith, program development specialist for the Yuba-Sutter Food Bank. The food bank has a volunteer who is also a trucker. He started asking his trucking friends to donate their surplus, only to learn most of them wouldn't do it out of fear of liability issues. Now, the food bank is working to clear the air. "We want to reach out to the community and let them know there is no liability, unless you knowingly bring something that is tainted," said Cathy Turman, admin for the Yuba-Sutter Food Bank. Under good Samaritan laws, food donations are protected, meaning truckers are safe from civil and criminal liability when donating apparently wholesome food in good faith to nonprofits. "We're trying to get the word out to more truckers and more companies," Smith said. "It helps us. It helps them, and it helps divert that stuff from the landfill. It helps everybody." The food bank says it doesn't have to be a whole truckload, just anything that may have been rejected for whatever reason. They'll even issue a donation receipt. "These huge truckloads of food that are perfectly usable for us and perfectly edible for the community, it's huge for that," Smith said. The donations will be inspected to ensure they can better serve the average of 38,000 people a month who need assistance. And in a time when the food bank is facing budget cuts, they need all the help they can get. "This kind of thing, relying on our community, instead of relying on maybe some grants or some federal funding that's been cut, it'll be awesome to rely on our community and these third-party individuals," Smith said. The food bank regularly welcomes 18-wheelers, so there is a place for big rigs to turn around. The food bank is open for donations Monday through Friday.
STV News
19-06-2025
- Sport
- STV News
Aberdeen University equestrian team saddle up after qualifying for finals
The countdown is on until the British University and Colleges Sports (BUCS) equestrian finals. And the four-strong riding team for Aberdeen University have their sights set high for the event – after becoming the only Scottish team to qualify. Kiera Mordue, president of Aberdeen University Equestrian Club, said: 'It was totally unexpected, we didn't even expect to make it to regionals. 'We just said to each other we're just going to have a good time, but then when we got to the prize giving and they were reading out the names and then Aberdeen was first!' STV News Riders will compete in dressage and showjumping, but the format of a BUCS competition slightly differs from other equestrian competition, with riders using horses that are provided by event organisers. They don't ride their own. It adds another level of complexity, but the team says one of Aberdeen's riding schools, Hayfield Riding Centre, has helped them train for every eventuality. Abi Smith who rides for the team explained: 'At Hayfield we ride lots of different horses which we're grateful for. 'You can get such a big variety of horses provided for events, both big and small so our training here has been invaluable.' It's the first time the Aberdeen University team has qualified for ten years, and it's hoped their recent success will attract more people to the club. Annabel Buchan added: 'It would be great if people see this and want to come and join us, we're quite a small club at the moment. 'We're hoping to do Scotland proud, which is a lot of pressure but we're going to the event to have fun.' On Thursday, the team from the north east will face some of the UK's top riders. It's one university challenge they're hoping to win. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
