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Pop-up window on food bank website alerts visitors of their current needs
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Pop-up window on food bank website alerts visitors of their current needs

  • Dave
  • November 29, 2014
  • 1

Problem: Food banks receive too much of the wrong things Food pantries request so many items that it can be difficult to communicate to potential […]

Food bank boosts post-holiday donations through newspaper Op Ed
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Food bank boosts post-holiday donations through newspaper Op Ed

  • Dave
  • November 29, 2014
  • 1

Drop off in donations to food bank after holiday season Most food banks experience a surge in both demand and donations during Thanksgiving and the […]

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