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Food Bank needs volunteers after a successful Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Here in Texoma, tens of thousands of meals are on their way to families in need, thanks to this year's Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
Over 38,000 pounds of food collected across 12 counties, but the work doesn't stop there. Volunteers are needed to help sort and distribute it all. The donations came from people leaving bags of food at their mailboxes with mail carriers collecting the goods during their routes and taking it to the food pantries in their districts.
Now, the focus has shifted to sorting, checking, and distributing all that food. Volunteers are still needed to help process the donations and organizers say every extra pair of hands makes a difference.
WFAFB Marketing Director, Zachary Graham says this drive is more than numbers, it's about neighbors helping neighbors.
'School just ended and we have a lot of parents that now are taking care of their children's lunch and breakfast needs that the school used to take care of. So, there's just an extra strain on an already stressful time for a lot of people. And so, it's really important that for this summer we have all the food that we can give', said Graham.
In Wichita Falls alone, they received 25,000 pounds, but as impressive as these numbers are, what matters most is the impact once it leaves the food bank.
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