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Whitefish food bank brings love to donating to those in need
The North Valley Food Bank started their Feed Love campaign in time for Valentine s Day.
and last updated 2021-02-03 17:56:07-05
WHITEFISH â The North Valley Food Bank (NVFB) started their Feed Love campaign in time for Valentine s Day on Feb. 3.
NVFB Director of Development MaryBeth Morandand says that this campaign is needed more than ever due to COVID-19 forcing many Montanans out of work.
âWe are feeding a lot more people than ever before,â said Morand.
Morand says that due to COVID-19 many have lost their jobs and now are faced with the fear of not having food.
North Valley Food Bank served 440 families during the holidays
and last updated 2021-01-07 21:03:07-05
WHITEFISH â Last year was a record-breaking year for those in need in the Flathead Valley.
The North Valley Food Bank in Whitefish has nearly doubled the amount of grocery services for those in need.
Food bank executive director Jessy Lee says that in 2020 the nonprofit had been able to serve 1,540 families in the Flathead Valley.
Lee says is due to the generosity of the community of Whitefish, the community has been supportive and so helpful for us.
Thanks to donations ranging from $2 to tens of thousands of dollars, the North Valley Food Bank was able to reach its food budget goal of $500,000.
Roadkill moose program that fed families ends
Donations dry up, volunteers scarce amid pandemic By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline.org
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2 Photos Laurie Speakman, The Moose Lady, spent the past eight years collecting roadkill moose for local Alaska charities. (Laurie Speakman/Pew Charitable Trusts) Photo Gallery
It always broke Laurie Speakman’s heart to hear that another moose was struck and killed on the rural highway near her home in Soldotna, Alaska, on the western end of the Kenai Peninsula. But it also warmed her to know that several local families were about to get fed.
For the past eight years, Speakman, lovingly called “The Moose Lady” by her friends and neighbors, was one of the people state troopers called at all hours of the night as a volunteer driver for the nonprofit Alaska Moose Federation. Often in below-zero temperatures, she drove to the crash site in her truck, wrapped a cable around the enormous ungulate and lifted the
Roadkill moose fed Alaska families for years. Then came COVID-19
Matt Vasilogambros
It always broke Laurie Speakman’s heart to hear that another moose was struck and killed on the rural highway near her home in Soldotna, Alaska, on the western end of the Kenai Peninsula. But it also warmed her to know that several local families were about to get fed.
For the past eight years, Speakman, lovingly called “The Moose Lady” by her friends and neighbors, was one of the people state troopers called at all hours of the night as a volunteer driver for the nonprofit Alaska Moose Federation. Often in below-zero temperatures, she drove to the crash site in her truck, wrapped a cable around the enormous ungulate and lifted the carcass onto the flatbed with a remote-controlled winch. Then she delivered the hundreds of pounds of fresh, high-protein meat to area charities that distributed it to low-income, disabled, older-adult and Alaska Native households.