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Local Extension Offices Collect Half Ton Of Peanut Butter For Needy
December 20, 2012
County Extension Offices in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties collected nearly a half ton of peanut butter during a recent “Take a bite out of Hunger” food drive.
The Escambia County Extension Office collected 336 jars of peanut butter weighing in at 430 pounds, and the Santa Rosa County County Extension Office collected 378 jars weighing 490.6 pounds.
During the peanut butter food drive campaign, Extension Office is 15 Northwest Florida counties collected a total of 2,039 jars of peanut butter weighting 2,843 pounds. In addition, the the Florida Peanut Producers Association donated a 1,400 jar pallet of peanut butter.
The peanut butter will be donated to local food pantries.
Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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One Response to “Local Extension Offices Collect Half Ton Of Peanut Butter For Needy”
Such a wonderful thing to do at christmas, I wish I had known about it.
Thanks to all…..