PORTIONS | May 2022
Monthly e-newsletter from the Great Plains Food Bank
Nearly 10,000 pounds of food collected through Stamp Out Hunger
Following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive returned this year to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Individuals were asked to leave food items by their mailboxes on May 14 to be collected by their letter carriers. Within Fargo-Moorhead, food items benefitted the Great Plains Food Bank, Emergency Food Pantry and Dorothy Day Food Pantry.

When all was said and done, a total of 9,671 pounds of food arrived at the Great Plains Food Bank, which was enough to provide more than 8,000 meals for those in need.

Thank you to all who helped support Stamp Out Hunger this year!
Great Plains Food Bank announces youth summer meals locations
With school coming to a close and students no longer being able to rely on the school lunch program, the Great Plains Food Bank announced a total of eight sites this year for our youth summer meals program.

Happening at locations throughout North Dakota, the youth summer meals program provides a location where children can access food when school is not in session.
Eagles Elementary provides 2,010 meals through "penny wars"
With the help of Touchmark residents, third grade students at Eagles Elementary School in Fargo held a "penny war" to raise money for the Great Plains Food Bank.

Through their incredible work in the fight to end hunger, they raised a total of $670, which is enough to provide 2,010 meals for those in need.

Students welcomed Great Plains Food Bank CEO Melissa Sobolik into their classroom to present her their gifts.

Also making significant contributions to the Great Plains Food Bank were: Feeding America ($38,290); Bell Bank & Trust ($14,650); Thomsen Homes LLC ($11,000); ELCA national office ($7,500); Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation ($8,300).
Client Spotlight: Ella Schrock
With five kids all under the age of 18 living at home, Ella Schrock certainly has her hands full.

Much of her time is spent trying finding ways to keep her growing family fed.

She is extremely grateful for the valuable resource the Great Plains Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry has provided that helps her stretch her dollars farther.
About the Great Plains Food Bank
The Great Plains Food Bank strives to end hunger together. A proud partner of Feeding America, our vision is to create a hunger-free North Dakota and Clay County, Minn. We do all things in the spirit of passion, service and innovation. Together we can solve hunger.

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