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Marion County Coordinating Council is participating in a nationwide BUILD Health Challenge Program to fight child obesity in the area. MCCC Chairman Rev. Marvin Hemingway said the program creates five Creating Healthy Food Environments (CHFE) sites for nutrition education classes and produce pick-up.

Peanut butter is one of the most frequently requested items by food banks because it is kid-friendly, shelf-stable, and protein-rich. We're hoping to collect 1,000 jars of peanut butter by the end of the month.

This year’s Mast Store Be a Sweetheart campaign runs February 8 and 9. For each pound of candy purchased on these two days, Mast Store will donate $1 to the Harvest Hope Food Bank.

The Swamp Rabbits hockey team is hoping you’ll support their team and the community this weekend.

The 2020 MBA Golf Chair Pastor Willie Thompson of Oak Grove Baptist Church presented a $4,000 check to both Harvest Hope Food Bank and the Oliver Gospel Mission to help fight hunger and homelessness in the Midlands.

Harvest Hope Food Bank is asking for donations from the public in the form of plastic bags in an attempt to restock after a record holiday season. The food bank uses the bags to sort and bag items that they then distribute through its emergency food pantry.

Representing 20 area schools, students took part in the third annual Hudson’s Heroes Tackle Hunger event, packing 4,000 boxes of food for community members in need in conjunction with this year’s Souper Bowl of Caring.

Across the Upstate, food banks and pantries have put out the call for food donations. In Greenville, Harvest Hope Food Bank’s Emergency Food Pantry has several bare shelves.