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Tax Incentive hopes to raise more than $250 million in donations

MISSOULA, MT August 8, 2006—“The US Senate voted last week to extend a new tax incentive for the donation of food to charities as part of the Pension Reform Bill that will generate an estimated more than $250 million in new private sector food donations nationally over the next 24 months. This represents a major victory for the Montana Food Bank Network, food donors and the 154 hunger relief agencies served by the Network. “It means the availability of more food for local Montana communities,” says Peggy Grimes, Executive Director of the Montana Food Bank Network. “Last year 213,895 clients received food from a local hunger relief agency an average of 3.75 times during the year”, says Grimes. “If you multiply that number by the average number of visits during the year, you’ll see that we are actually serving the equivalent of 804,256 clients”, she says. “That’s why this bill is so important to us. It brings the possibility of more food donations.” READ MORE...

Local retailer raises money, then donate $5,000 prize

By TOM HOWARD - Of The Billings Gazette Staff
Family Service Inc. can serve more families in need because employees and customers at the King Avenue Wal-Mart store enthusiastically embraced a nationwide campaign to help feed the hungry.
The West End Wal-Mart raised $12,000 during a monthlong promotion to benefit America's Second Harvest, a nationwide network of food banks that serves 25 million people. The Billings store received a $5,000 prize for raising the second-largest amount collected among all 3,500 Wal-Marts, and that money was donated to Family Service. READ MORE