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The Food Bank of the Southern Tier is holding its ninth annual Virtual Turkey Drive to buy holiday meals for needy Southern Tier residents.

A pilot School Food Pantry program is underway at the Broome Tioga BOCES East Learning Center in Binghamton.

Speaking on the February 18 edition of the weekly, local public affairs program, Southern Tier Close Up, Food Bank of the Southern Tier director Natasha Thompson says hunger knows no season.

The Southern Tier Homeless Coalition and Binghamton University have recently joined in a partnership to educate the general community and college population about homeless and hunger issues.

The Food Bank of the Southern Tier and the Broome County Promise Zone are hosting what they are calling a Community Café on hunger, food insecurity and health as part of Hunger Action Month.

United Health Care is donating $55,000 to the Cornell University 4H Youth Development program to support information for families to help them tackle hunger issues.

A new report from the Food and Health Network of South Central New York shows nearly 400 Tioga County children participated in the Summer Food Service Program last year.

Binghamton area residents are being asked to put non-perishable food at their mailboxes Saturday, May 14 to be collected for the Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse.