Donate to Local Food Banks for National Canned Food Month
Residents can donate to the Canton Food Pantry, among other nearby food banks.
February is National Canned Food Month and food banks in the area need donations of canned food year round to meet the needs of many hungry children and adults in the area. Shannon Traeger is a spokesperson with Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief charity. She says this year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, there are “more than 50 million Americans, including nearly 17 million children, that are food insecure, meaning they live at risk of hunger.” And the face of hunger is changing. “Just because a person has a job, does not mean he or she has enough money to put a meal on the table, and, in fact, 36 percent of client households served by the Feeding America network have one or more …
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