'Bringing hope'

The national "Bringing Hope to the Table" program will be held July 15-28.
Kroger grocery stores, along with Acosta Sales and Marketing agency, will team again to raise funds to buy food for this hunger relief program.
The funds will assist the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana in providing thousands of families throughout the region with more food.
The “Bringing Hope to the Table” program will help the food bank through in-store promotion of a variety of food and consumer packaged products at Kroger locations.
“This important donation will help feed hundreds of thousands of hungry people in northwest Louisiana,” said Vicki Escarra, president and chief executive officer of America’s Second Harvest, a hunger relief organization.
The Food Bank distributed approximately 4 million pounds of food and grocery products last year, helping more than 55,000 people.
America's Second Harvest has a network of more than 200 member food banks and food-rescue organizations serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The America's Second Harvest Network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually; and supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, afterschool programs and Kids Cafes. Last year, the America's Second Harvest Network provided food assistance to more than 25 million hungry people in the United States, including 9 million children and 3 million seniors.