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YMCA collecting food for Nashua's 'End 68 Hours of Hunger'

Food drives runs February 1 through February 20

YMCA Food Drive in Support of 'End 68 Hours of Hunger'

Help us make an impact in the Greater Nashua community. Donated food could truly make a difference in a local child's life. The YMCA of Greater Nashua is collecting food from February 1 to February 20, when they will be packaged by our Adventure Guides program and given to the local chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger.

Please leave your donations on the designated tables at the Welcome Center of the branches.

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These are the type of foods End 68 Hours of Hunger would like donated: Peanut Butter – 18 oz plastic Saltines / Graham Crackers Canned Beef Stew Canned Pasta – Beefaroni, Ravioli Canned Soup – 12-20 oz size Hormel Complete Meals Macaroni and Cheese Fruit Cups – 4 pack Granola Bars/Nutrition Bars Instant Flavored Rice or Noodles Instant Flavored Potatoes Tuna or Chicken or Pulled Pork – 10 oz or smaller cans Instant Oatmeal individual packets Pudding Cups – 4 pack

End 68 Hours of Hunger is a private, not-for-profit, effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school Friday and the free breakfast they receive in school Monday.

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