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Black Hawk County proclaims September 2025 Hunger Action Month after food‑bank presentation
Summary
The Board of Supervisors on Sept. 2 adopted a resolution recognizing September as Hunger Action Month after a presentation by Barb Crater of the Northeast Iowa Food Bank outlining rising food‑insecurity and the food bank’s $14 million capacity campaign.
Barb Crater, executive director of the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, told the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 2 that food insecurity is rising across the food bank’s 16‑county service area and asked the board to recognize September as Hunger Action Month.
Crater said more than 45,000 people in Northeast Iowa are food insecure, an increase she described as roughly 11 percent over the prior year, and said demand for food‑bank services has reached record levels. “For too many people, food insecurity is not going away,” she said. Crater also described a capital campaign, From Hunger…
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