Lawyers Render Service: Record Donations for Regional Food Banks, 0718 ALBJ, 79 The Alabama Lawyer 277 (2018)

• Author: Jeanne Dowdle Rasco
• Position: Vol. 79 4 Pg. 277

LAWYERS RENDER SERVICE: Record Donations for Regional Food Banks

Vol. 79 No. 4 Pg. 277

Alabama Bar Lawyer

July, 2018

Jeanne Dowdle Rasco

June 14 was a good day for Alabama lawyers, and most importantly, Alabama’s 390,000 children who receive free and reduced breakfast and lunch during the school year, but do not have a dependable source for food during the summer.

On that date at the Montgomery Area Food Bank, Attorney General Steve Marshall and Alabama State Bar President Augusta S. Dowd announced and celebrated the results and winners of this year’s Alabama Legal Food Frenzy. In its third year, the Legal Food Frenzy was its most successful yet. This year’s collaborative effort between the Alabama Attorney General’s office and the Alabama State Bar raised the equivalent of 240,000 pounds of food for Alabama’s eight regional food banks and their 1,500 partner agencies and pantries.

“This is a time when we pause to be grateful for our good fortune and open our hearts and wallets to help our fellow men, women and children who are in need,” said Attorney General Steve Marshall. “Food banks in communities across our state perform outstanding work in their mission to strengthen our communities by providing sustenance and dignity to those who suffer from hunger. I thank you all for your donations which will provide vital assistance.”

Two years ago, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office and the Alabama State Bar joined with the Alabama Food Bank Association a nd started the Alabama Legal Food Frenzy to help end child hunger. During the campaign, Alabama’s lawyers, law firms and legal organizations compete to see who can raise the most food and funds for Alabama’s eight regional food banks.

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