Susan Rzucidlo, a co-owner of Silent Z Farm Inc., developed and organized the program for the second year, the Farm Bureau said. She connected student groups with area food cupboards and agriculture. Each group was given $100 to spend at a supermarket to purchase food items needed by the Chester County Food Bank. Students had to compare prices and use coupons. The total dollars saved by careful selection of brands and items allowed students to purchase up to $160 worth of food for the $100 they had to spend.

Students then delivered the donations to the Food Cupboard nearest to them. They learned that “even if you are 12, you can make a difference to someone,” said a news release from the Farm Bureau, a voluntary organization that works to advance the interests of regional agriculture. The schools — Kennett Middle and High School, Oxford’s Penn’s Grove Middle School, Unionville’s Charles F. Patton Middle School, and Octorara High School — also held food drives.

At a ceremony in the county commissioners’ office last week, Commissioners Kathi Cozzone and Ryan Costello praised the students’ efforts, reminding the audience that one in eight people go hungry during some part of the month in Chester County, one of the wealthiest counties in Pennsylvania and the 24th wealthiest in the nation. Agriculture is the top industry in Chester County, second of all counties in farm sales revenue in Pennsylvania. The Farm Bureau and the students invite everyone to locate a food cupboard near them and take food or a donation to continue to help neighbors in need. Peanut butter, tuna, beans, cereals and rice are in great demand right now.

-author, Kathleen Brady Shea

Single registration is $25 – group registration is $20 per person. You can register online at www.cc2020.org. or email: info@cc2020.org

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The fee of $5 per person will cover the event and includes a pot-a-plant for attendees to take home. You can register using this on-line form or call 610-388-5400.

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Our thanks to the Exton Isaacs…this is the second January they are supporting the food bank with their fundraiser. It’s a great organization that supports the community!

BUTCHER FEES COVERED - If you donate your deer through one of the butchers listed below, the butcher will process the deer meat into ground venison free of charge to the hunter and on your behalf, donate the meat to the Chester County Food Bank. Venison is a healthy source of protein that will help provide much needed nutrition to the 70,000 people in Chester County that struggle daily to get the food the need.

Please contact one of these butchers for more information:

From 8am to 1pm, they are accepting canned goods, frozen turkeys, gift cards and monetary donations. For more information call 610-273-9326.

“It’s nice to know organizations like yours are available to the public. There is such a need nationwide and every member counts whether it be the donor, sorter, loader or transporter. It’s the receiver who benefits and who reminds each of us why all the hard work and efforts matter.” says Nicole Rota, Project Administrator at the Norwood Company.

Five dollars of every ticket sold will be donated to the Chester County Food Bank.

Visit her website here to learn more about ticket info: BrilliantFrugalLiving.com

Here is their HuntersHelpHungry that offers ticket information.

For more info contact Art Lyle at 484-643-6132