Appomattox community participates in 6th Annual “Souper Bowl”
Contributed All items donated proceeds from “Souper Bowl VI” were donated to the St. Anne’s Food Bank. FFA members unload donated food with Dorothy Rice, Director of the St. Anne’s Food Bank.

The Appomattox County High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter helped to organize the sixth annual ‘Souper Bowl’. During an FFA meeting, students studied facts about food insecurity released by the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.

According to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank’s website, “one out of every 12 children struggles with hunger. One out of every 12 neighbors living in the Blue Ridge Service Area struggles with hunger. 10.6 percent of Virginians are food insecure.”

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