LOUISIANA DONATES MORE THAN 12,000 POUNDS OF RICE TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS

Grainnet is reporting that the state of Louisiana has donatyed more than 12,000 pounds of rice to local food banks in honor of the national and Louisiana state celebrations of National Rice Month.

Because of the recent hurricanes and tropical storms that hit this area of the United States, there has been an increased demand of food in the area and these donations of grain by Louisiana will certainly help a lot in helping to feed the hungry:

“In light of the recent hurricanes, this year’s donation comes when food banks are in desperate need of food, and we feel there is no better way to celebrate National Rice Month and Hunger Action Month than to offer our assistance,” said USA Rice Federation Chairman Jamie Warshaw, a Louisiana rice miller.

Many thanks to the state of Louisiana, the rice farmers and Governor Bobby Jindal for making such a great contribution to their local food banks!

CHRYSLER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $200,000 DONATION TO HOUSTON FOOD BANK

MarketWatch and several other news organizations are reporting that The Chrysler Foundation is donating $200,000 to the Houston Food Bank in order to helkp out those people who have been devatstated in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

Due to the value of volume purchasing provided by the Houston Food Bank, the donation amount of $200,000 was nearly doubled, which equated to seven semitrailers filled with food and supplies for distribution.

The Chrysler Foundation had this to say about their recent contribution:

“The Chrysler Foundation is proud to partner with the Houston Food Bank to aid the citizens of Houston whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Ike,” Brian Glowiak, Vice President — The Chrysler Foundation, said.

“This relief effort came together in under 24 hours thanks to the efforts of food bank organizers, our dealers and their employees, as well as Chrysler LLC Southwest Business Center and Mopar(R) Parts Distribution Center employees in Dallas all working together to support those in a time of need.”

Food Pantries and Food Banks across the United States are always very thankful for the wonderful contributions from companies in the private sector like Chrysler, who step up and give so much back to their communities.

FOOD BANKS WORKING HARD TO HELP HURRICANE IKE SURVIVORS…

The Dallas Morning News is reporting that because of the continued struggles of those who were hit the hardest by Hurricane Ike, grocers and food banks from Dallas and Fort Worth are doing all they can to support their fellow food banks in Beaumont and Houston with a massive food drive campaign.

With the help of the general public of Texas as well as grocers like Kroger, Albertsons and Tom Thumb, the North Texas food banks will be able to send more than 4,000 boxes of food and supplies to the victims of the area whose lives were turned upside down by Hurricane Ike.

Props to the citizens of Texas for stepping up and helping the grocers and food banks out…making it possible to send the “relief in boxes” to this particular region of the United States.

Our prayers are with you down there in Texas…