MORNING NEWS: CRCF Donates Money to WNY Food Bank

JAMESTOWN – The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation gave the Food Bank of Western New York a $10,000 boost during a check presentation yesterday. The funding will be used to help acquire and distributing food to all of the agencies that it serves – including the St. Susan’s Center here in Jamestown. In all, the food bank collects and distributes food to 334 member agencies in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie and Niagara counties. In 2012 alone, it distributed over 10.2 million pounds of food, which equates to more than 1,035,000 meals. For more information about the Food Bank of WNY, call 852-1305 or visit www.foodbankwny.org.