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SEATTLE—Newsradio 710 KIRO’s 24th annual Fight Hunger Campaign to benefit Northwest Harvest is underway, and Bartell Drugs is again the presenting sponsor in the effort to secure non-perishable food items and monetary donations for the needy. Bartell’s customers gathered more than 24,000 pounds of food and $5,000 in donations during last year’s drive.
Now through April 29, customers can donate non-perishable food items at all 54 Bartell drugstores. The drive’s finale--“Fight Hunger Day” on April 27—will feature a day-long, on-air campaign to collect food donations. 710 KIRO will air broadcasts from Bartell Drugs locations in Edmonds, Tacoma, 6th & Union, and Kingsgate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“Northwest Harvest fills a tremendously important need within the community, one that addresses the very basic of needs,” said George D. Bartell. “They help more than 3,000 people a week and distribute food to 300 hunger programs in the communities we serve.”
Customer preferring to make a cash donation will receive a receipt noting the contribution.
Local Girl Scouts troops will be supporting the drive in 2007 by going door-to-door to collect food non perishable food donations for Northwest Harvest. Bartell’s locations have been designated as collection sites for the donations they receive.
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