MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM Mountaineer Food Bank Gets $10,000 Support From AT&T
Reported by: Teresa Higginbotham
Web Producer: Teresa Higginbotham
Reported: Feb. 13, 2012 3:04 PM EST
Updated: Feb. 13, 2012 3:22 PM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Mountaineer Food Bank has received $10,000 in financial support for the organization’s innovative and effective mobile pantry program.
The AT&T Foundation has given them the funds to help the mobile pantry bring food stuffs to communities across West Virginia.
Chad Morrison, the Development Coordinator, Mountaineer Food Bank, says
“We are grateful for their continued support of a program that is making a real difference in the lives of our neediest citizens.”
Andy Feeney, Regional Vice President for AT&T in West Virginia says “We are proud to support the vital work that the Mountaineer Food Bank is doing communities across West Virginia."
The mobile pantry can serve 200-300 families per single distribution.
For more information on the pantry and how you can help log onto www.mountaineerfoodbank.org.
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