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Letter: Thanks for donations, volunteers

By Justin Wood, president Interservice Walk & Knock food drive
Published: December 11, 2018, 6:00am

Clark County residents: Thank you for once again supporting Walk & Knock — the nation’s largest, one-day community food drive.

On Dec. 1, more than 3,200 volunteers collected more than 255,000 pounds of food and toiletries from throughout our county.

If we missed you, visit walkandknock.org/donate/food-donation-drop-off to find our 80 barrel locations, including Les Schwab tire centers and Riverview Bank branches. Plus, we gladly accept cash donations. All of the proceeds from our all-volunteer effort benefit the Clark County Food Bank, recently ranked the nation’s seventh best.

I’d like to give special shout-outs to the semi-truck drivers who donate their time, Chuck’s Produce, which helps us in many ways, and McDonald’s, which provided the 130,000 door hangers — return them to McDonald’s and they will donate $1 each to Walk & Knock.

Our biggest thanks is to you all. Over 34 years, Clark County residents have donated more than 8 million pounds of food and tens of thousands of dollars to help our own.

During this holiday season, the spirit of giving is alive and growing.

Again, thank you!

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