AM: Food Bank Donations Way Down

Hayden Price, 15, a volunteer, tries to keep control of canned goods Thursday as he prepares bags of food for the Community Action Partnership food bank in Coeur d’Alene. Donations at the local food banks are way down, causing some in need to be turned away empty-handed. See Bill Buley/Coeur d’Alene Press story here. (Coeur d’Alene Press photo: Jerome A. Pollos)

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Question: Do you support a local food bank?