Farm Bureau's "Bushels for Hunger” Marks 1.6 million Meals
Quad City Illinois farmers are helping local families with a donation to the River Bend Food Bank through the Bushels for Hunger program for the fourteenth straight year. After fourteen years, total contributions by the Bushels for Hunger program will exceed $324,000 with this year's $23,902 contribution. This year’s total contribution now brings the total amount of meals donated to over 1.6 million.
Mercer County Farmer and Illinois Farm Bureau District 3 Director Jeff Kirwan presented the donation of $23,902 to Chris Ford, Chief Operating Officer of the River Bend Food Bank in Davenport.
“Thanks to the generous donations of thousands of bushels of grain to the Bushels for Hunger campaign, local farmers worked together to fight hunger in the Quad City community with these funds” Kirwan said.
“We are extremely grateful to the Henry, Mercer and Rock Island County Farm Bureaus and all of the Illinois Farmers who contribute to this donation year after year,” said Nancy Renkes, President & CEO of River Bend Food Bank. “I am continually amazed at the generosity shown from our farming community. We appreciate and admire their commitment to solving hunger.”
The Bushels for Hunger program is a joint program coordinated by the following three Illinois County Farm Bureaus: Henry, Mercer and Rock Island in conjunction with the following area grain elevators and ethanol plants: Atkinson Grain, Big River Resources, Cargill, CHS, Gold Star FS, Hillsdale Elevator, River Valley Cooperative and Rumbold & Kuhn.
Mercer County Farmer and Illinois Farm Bureau District 3 Director Jeff Kirwan presented the donation of $23,902 to Chris Ford, Chief Operating Officer of the River Bend Food Bank in Davenport.
“Thanks to the generous donations of thousands of bushels of grain to the Bushels for Hunger campaign, local farmers worked together to fight hunger in the Quad City community with these funds” Kirwan said.
“We are extremely grateful to the Henry, Mercer and Rock Island County Farm Bureaus and all of the Illinois Farmers who contribute to this donation year after year,” said Nancy Renkes, President & CEO of River Bend Food Bank. “I am continually amazed at the generosity shown from our farming community. We appreciate and admire their commitment to solving hunger.”
The Bushels for Hunger program is a joint program coordinated by the following three Illinois County Farm Bureaus: Henry, Mercer and Rock Island in conjunction with the following area grain elevators and ethanol plants: Atkinson Grain, Big River Resources, Cargill, CHS, Gold Star FS, Hillsdale Elevator, River Valley Cooperative and Rumbold & Kuhn.
