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Sherrod Brown: “I urge people, understanding that Second Harvest is not getting the donations they used to get, they are not getting…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2007
I urge people, understanding that Second Harvest is not getting the donations they used to get, they are not getting enough help from the Government, they are not getting as much from supermarkets and from businesses as they got before, and they, frankly, are not getting as many charitable donations because people who gave before sometimes are in need themselves because it is often people who don't make a lot of money who are the most generous with their money and with their assistance, to plea to people in our States, businesses, individuals who are as lucky as we are in this Chamber, to help Second Harvest, to go on Web sites and look in the yellow pages and look around their communities where they can help people so that this will actually make a difference.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Addressing the need for support for Second Harvest and food assistance programs.

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