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Students help to stock New Hampshire Food Bank by planting garden

Students help to stock New Hampshire Food Bank by planting garden
STOCK THE NEWFOUNDLAND. THE NEWFOUNDLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK FROM THE GROUND UP. A GROUP OF STUDENTS WITH THE HUGH O’BRIEN YOUTH LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION GATHERED IN MANCHESTER YESTERDAY TO HELP PLANT A GARDEN. ALL THE FOOD GROWN IN THE GARDEN GOES TO GRANITE STATERS WHO USE THE FOOD BANK. THE PL
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Students help to stock New Hampshire Food Bank by planting garden
Students helped to stock the New Hampshire Food Bank from the ground up over the weekend.A group of students with the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation gathered in Manchester on Saturday to help plant a garden. All the food grown in the garden goes to Granite Staters supported by the food bank. The garden plot is a whole acre, so it's expected to produce plenty of fresh food."I think it's really important for a lot of these students, I don’t think they realize how close to home food insecurity hits for them in their schools, so this is a really eye-opening moment for students,” said Emily Yurcak, HOBY leadership seminar coach.For more information about supporting the New Hampshire Food Bank, visit nhfoodbank.org.Other top stories:Several New Hampshire students graduate high school with associate degree1 in 30 million: Incredibly rare orange lobster caught off New England coastWind brings in smoke from Quebec wildfires; Air Quality Action Days issued in parts of New Hampshire

Students helped to stock the New Hampshire Food Bank from the ground up over the weekend.

A group of students with the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation gathered in Manchester on Saturday to help plant a garden.

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All the food grown in the garden goes to Granite Staters supported by the food bank.

The garden plot is a whole acre, so it's expected to produce plenty of fresh food.

"I think it's really important for a lot of these students, I don’t think they realize how close to home food insecurity hits for them in their schools, so this is a really eye-opening moment for students,” said Emily Yurcak, HOBY leadership seminar coach.

For more information about supporting the New Hampshire Food Bank, visit nhfoodbank.org.

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