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Virginia Peninsula Food Bank outlines need, programs after $100,000 York County investment
Summary
The Virginia Peninsula Food Bank told supervisors a recent $100,000 investment will expand child nutrition, mobile pantry and partner-agency distribution in York County; the food bank cited a sharp increase in food insecurity since 2023 and urged both monetary donations and volunteer support.
The Virginia Peninsula Food Bank visited the York County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 16 to report a surge in local food insecurity and to describe how a recent $100,000 investment will be used to expand services in the county.
"We recently received a $100,000 investment in the food bank's work," Meghan Gregorian, communications and advocacy manager, told the board. She said the funding will support child-nutrition programs (including a weekend backpack program that packs 1,500 bags weekly), school produce markets, pop-up and mobile pantry distributions and job-and-life-skills culinary training.
Gregorian said…
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