Community Harvest Receives Grant for Kids BackPack Program through Feeding America Red Nose Day Fund

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Thanks to a generous grant through Feeding America, Community Harvest Food Bank is able to feed meals to hundreds of kids in northeast Indiana who depend on the Kids BackPack program. We are proud to be a national member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief charity, and the partnership with Walgreen Co. for Red Nose Day raised funding that will feed hungry children across the country.

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