Cross Keys Bank Winter Newsletter - BSJ Bancshares, Inc. & Cross Keys Bank 2013 Annual Report

Our Employees: Giving Thanks By Giving Back Canned Food Drive To Benefit The Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana

The Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana was the recipient of the Cross Keys Bank first annual ‘Give Thanks and Give Back’ Canned Food Drive. The contribution came just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday season for needy families in the region. The food drive took place at all 7 locations of Cross Keys Bank, and was held during the month of November. Bank employees made generous contributions which resulted in our being able to collect and donate 516 lbs. of canned and dry goods to the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana. “Whether we want to believe it or not, so many of our neighbors are struggling to put food on their tables,”

said Alissa S. Russell, Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Sales. “By assisting the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana collect much-needed food items, we’re reaching out to fight hunger in the communities we serve.” The Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana exists to provide an essential link between the food industries and the agencies and institutions that feed the hungry in Northeast Louisiana. The Food Bank offers the opportunity for growers, processors, distributors and retailers of food products to donate items which might otherwise be discarded and which can be used instead to feed the hungry. The Food Bank distributes over 3,000,000

pounds of food annually through approximately 74 charitable agencies throughout Northeast Louisiana. The 2010 Feeding America National Hunger Study indicates that the Feeding America system served by the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana provides emergency food for an estimated 39,000 different people annually and about 7,400 different people receive emergency food assistance in any given week including more than 16,000 children. The Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana serves the following parishes; Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union and West Carroll.

Food Bank Northeast Louisiana

l Avenue LA 71203 322-3567 -1620 fax

Post Offi Monroe, 72-1333 www.fbn

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