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Report says Iowans donated $12 million to fight hunger

October 12, 2011 By Matt Kelley

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Iowans donated more than $12 million last year to help alleviate worldwide hunger.

The announcement came Tuesday at the annual Iowa Hunger Summit, which Anastasia Morrisey helped organize. She said the financial donations marked a big increase over the previous year.

“But, we’ve also seen a little bit of a decrease in the amount of food that has been donated and a little bit of a decrease in the amount of hours that have been volunteered,” Morrisey noted.

 The numbers are gathered each year from more than 100 food banks and other organizations around the state involved in food assistance and hunger relief efforts.

Morrisey said between October 2010 and October 2011, Iowans donated $12.1 million, 12 million pounds of food and volunteered 520,000 hours. Those figures compare to $9.38 million, 18.6 million pounds and 540,000 volunteer hours the previous year.

Morrisey believes many Iowans find it easier to donate cash rather than volunteer their time or donate food items. She’s hoping more people will consider increasing their volunteer hours in 2012.

“I know that everyone gets a little bit busier and as the years go on, we all start to multi-task even more, but it’s really important to stay involved and to volunteer,” Morrisey said. The Iowa Hunger Summit is part of the World Food Prize festivities taking place in Des Moines this week.

Learn more online at: www.WorldFoodPrize.org.

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