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Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive This Saturday

From the West Alabama Newsroom– The country’s largest single-day food drive is this weekend. And organizers are asking for your help — to Stamp Out Hunger. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is conducted annually — by the the National Association of Letter Carriers. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift…

Thanksgiving Meals Delivered to Dallas Co. Families

From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Selma and Dallas County community comes together — to make sure dozens of needy families in the area have a Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings. It’s the 5th year the community has marked the Thanksgiving holiday — with a food drive — and giveaway. Seventy year old Percy Neely of Selma woke up…

City of Prattville Holds Food Drive for Fire Victims

The City of Prattville and Autauga Interfaith Care Center are hosting a 10,000 lb food drive for the victims of the apartment fire this past Saturday. Donation bins have been set outside the AICC building and inside the two front double doors of City Hall. Toiletries, non-perishable food items, new blankets and sheets, money, and anything other than clothes are…

Stuff The Truck Food Drive Happens This Weekend

Many of the challenges we face are even more difficult now because of the pandemic, so imagine what life must be like for Alabama students who depend on the free or reduced lunch program a for meal everyday. For many of them, it’s their only meal of the day. That is why Alabama News Network is teaming up with Tie…

Tuskegee Church Ensuring the Community Doesn’t Go Hungry During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Macon County church is helping out its community– making sure families don’t go hungry during these hard times. Members of Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Tuskegee held a food drive in the town square early Saturday morning. Members passed out sacks filled with sandwiches, chips, fruits, and drinks. Church leaders said they…

Stuff the Truck Food Drive Set for Saturday

Thousands of Alabama’s children participate in the free or reduced lunch program, which for some is their only meal of the day. That’s why Alabama News Network is teaming up with Tie and Doll, Inc and Winn-Dixie to make sure kids have something eat. Making the grade in school can be tough enough on full a stomach, so imagine how…

Scouts for Food Drive in Selma Benefits Salvation Army

From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Boy Scouts of America and the Salvation Army are teaming up to help needy families during the holidays, but they need help from the community to do it. Area boy scouts are working to fill up the shelves at the Salvation Army food pantry. They put flyers on mailboxes around town asking people to…