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Meridian food drive collects 3,733 lbs, still seeks donations

  • Volunteers with the North Bosque Helping Hands Food Pantry collected food and money donations during the Food for Families Food Drive in Meridian on Friday, November 17. The food pantry will still accept donations so families struggling to make ends meet will have opportunities to eat through the new year. Nathan Diebenow | Meridian Tribune
    Volunteers with the North Bosque Helping Hands Food Pantry collected food and money donations during the Food for Families Food Drive in Meridian on Friday, November 17. The food pantry will still accept donations so families struggling to make ends meet will have opportunities to eat through the new year. Nathan Diebenow | Meridian Tribune
People across different ages, faiths, and heritages in Meridian turned out to support the local food pantry on Friday, November 17. At the end of the day, 3,773 pounds of food was donated to North Bosque Helping Hands Food Pantry during the annual day-long collection drive event. Compared with last year’s total, donations were down by 38 percent. Jodie Jones, president of the North Bosque…

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