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Article: Food bank honors helpers, issues call for volunteers

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May 27, 2005
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Officials with the Mountaineer Food Bank in Gassaway honored their volunteers in a ceremony earlier this month, and, once again, they invited new people to volunteer for the state's largest food bank.

The Mountaineer Food Bank provides food to more than 260,000 people each month. Corporate sponsors and volunteers make it possible to gather and distribute that much food.

Carla Nardella, executive director of the Mountaineer Food Bank, said Thursday that they can always use a variety of volunteers. "We can use people to stuff envelopes or repack product. Some volunteers do unload trucks, and some pick up a broom and sweep the warehouse,"

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