New Hampshire Food Bank receives donation of 15,000 pounds of food

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MANCHESTER, N.H. – On Thursday, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Tyson Food and Walmart joined with Feeding America to donate 15,000 pounds of food to New Hampshire Food Bank.

This donation equates to approximately 12,500 meals for the one in nine New Hampshire residents who are food insecure, meaning they do not know where their next meal is coming from.

“It’s a tremendous day,” said New Hampshire Food Bank Executive Director Eileen Liponis. “This is a real shot in the arm to help us in our mission to help feed the food insecure in New Hampshire.”

The ceremony included employees of Tyson and Bimbo Bakeries USA as well as 35 employees of three local Walmart markets such as store #184 in Manchester.

“It was great meeting everybody and it was great to have an opportunity to be helping fight hunger,” said Walmart Store #184 Manager Cindy Parent. “All of our stores help out and we try to stay on top of helping our communities in any way possible at Walmart.”

In 2020, the New Hampshire Food Bank distributed more than 17 million pounds of non-perishable food items, fresh produce and meats to more than 400 non-profit food agencies across New Hampshire. Feeding America is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States, providing food to millions of Americans through a network of 200 member food banks and 60,000 partner agencies.

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Andrew Sylvia

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Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.