Bottom Dollar Food has launched its “Hunger Has a Cure” campaign to support Feeding America and its network of member food banks. The two-week campaign, which allows customers to donate in $1 or $3 increments at the register, runs through April 16 and will help feed local families in need.

Customers can support the “Hunger Has a Cure” campaign by adding a monetary donation of their choice to their total grocery bill at the register. These funds will then be donated to Feeding America, which is able to help provide eight meals per every $1 donated. Funds raised will go to support member food bank summer feeding programs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio, in the communities where Bottom Dollar Food stores operate.

Through efforts such as this, Bottom Dollar Food raises community awareness of hunger needs, funding for food banks and contributes approximately 500,000 pounds of food donations annually to Feeding America.

Second Harvest Food Bank is a member food bank of Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

The Food Bank solicits, stores, and distributes food to hunger-relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties; and provides education and advocacy. We believe that no one should go hungry, and we are dedicated to building a community that makes food accessible to all people.

The Food Bank is a storehouse for large quantities of donated food and USDA commodities that are distributed to 153 hunger-relief organizations located throughout our tri-county service area. These member agencies include church pantries, homeless shelters and soup kitchens, shelters for battered women and after-school programs.

Right here in the Mahoning Valley, too many seniors, families and children continue to struggle with hunger every day. Unemployment, underemployment, low wages, and rising utilities, medicine, gas and food costs often make it difficult for many families to make ends meet.

The Food Bank solicits, stores, and distributes food to hunger-relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties; and provides education and advocacy. We believe that no one should go hungry, and we are dedicated to building a community that makes food accessible to all people.

The Food Bank is a storehouse for large quantities of donated food and USDA commodities that are distributed to 153 hunger-relief organizations located throughout our tri-county service area. These member agencies include church pantries, homeless shelters and soup kitchens, shelters for battered women and after-school programs.

Currently, our 153 member agencies feed over 15,000 people in the tri-county area per week. To meet the growing need for food assistance, the Food Bank’s staff and numerous volunteers work to ensure that hungry seniors, families and children in our Valley have the food they need to live healthy and productive lives.

The Food Bank also educates the community about hunger in our tri-county service area and advocates for those who are poor. Through our own efforts and stories picked up by the local media, we ensure that people living in the Valley are aware of the immense need. Our advocacy includes efforts at the state and federal levels to increase access to SNAP (food stamps), and we offer people assistance with applications for additional federal and state benefit programs through the Ohio Benefit Bank.