The Olean Food Pantry, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary, is launching a campaign to raise $1 million to sustain its operations for the next 10 years, board president David Potter announced.
“Community need has almost doubled in less than a half-decade,” he noted. A late January food distribution served a record 155 families, he reported.
Potter said that the campaign also will allow the pantry to reach beyond distribution so that it can tackle systemic food problems on the Southern Tier.
“Essentially, the ability to secure 10 years’ worth of food buys us 10 years of time to do the important work of addressing the core causes of hunger,” Potter proposed.
Contributions to the campaign can be made by visiting oleanfoodpantry.org/donate.
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