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Help Feed El Paso’s Hungry – Participate in MLK Food Drive
The 15th annual MLK Canned Food Drive concludes this coming Monday, January 19. Have you made time to go through your cupboards and see if you can help the citywide effort to re-stock local food pantries and agencies who serve the less fortunate?
The sad reality is that many El Pasoans face each day with no guarantee of where their next meal is coming from, and the majority of those skipping meals, or eating less than they should, are children. In fact, according to a recent Food Insecure Report released by the USDA, El Paso County has over 177,000 people who are food insecure and 85,000 of them are children.
Those stats break my heart. I didn’t grow up with money, but we always had enough to eat. Even now, it’s not something my family or I worry too much about. But many of our neighbors do and it shouldn’t have to be that way.
So please join me in keeping Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of serving others alive by going through your cupboards and pantry and gathering a few of the canned food items you have lying around so that organizations such as The El Paso Rescue Mission, The Opportunity Center for the Homeless and others can replenish their depleted shelves and continue to help moms and dads who struggle daily to keep food on the table for their children and grandchildren.
Canned and other nonperishable food items can be dropped off through Monday, January 19, 2015 in collection bins located at the drop-off sites listed below:
• Wal-Mart
• Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets
• Big 8 Food Stores
• Vista Quality Markets
• City Hall One Stop Shop (300 N. Campbell)
• County Courthouse
• Sheriff’s Department Facilities
• El Paso Juvenile Justice Center
• Any of our public libraries
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