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Okanogan County Community Action Council to benefit from CenturyLink Campaign to Fight Hunger


Jun 01, 2018

Okanogan County Community Action Council, the distribution center for all food banks in the county, has been selected as a local beneficiary of the global CenturyLink Campaign to Fight Hunger, gaining the opportunity to earn additional donations plus matching dollars from CenturyLink Through the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation, the global IT and communications services provider will match total donations to the campaign up to $1 million.

The food drive will run June 4-15, and donations must be submitted through www.centurylink.com/fooddrive to be eligible for matching dollars. Individuals wishing to donate will scroll down to Okanogan County Community Action Council as the recipient of their donation. The campaign website will close at 10 p.m. Central Time on the final day of the campaign.

CenturyLink has partnered with more than 140 food banks supporting communities where the company operates around the globe. Matching dollars will be allocated based on the amount of donations directed to each organization.

 CenturyLink understands that, our ability to buy in bulk, and our understanding of community needs and preferences, allows us to purchase food at substantial discounts and that food will be readily used to provide maximum nutrition for our families.  One in 5 kids in Washington goes to bed hungry.  In the summer months, this statistic gets worse. You will make a difference with your donation. 

We can have much more impact with donated dollars than our supporters could have by shopping for us in a local market,” said Lael Duncan, Okanogan County Community Action Council, Executive Director.  

“CenturyLink has a long history of giving back to communities through a variety of ongoing programs and initiatives, including annual food drives,” said Sondra Smith, CenturyLink director of corporate social responsibility. “We are proud to support Okanogan County Community Action Council, through the CenturyLink Campaign to Fight Hunger so they can help even more individuals and families in need.”

According to Feeding America, nearly 13 million children and more than 50 million seniors face hunger in the U.S. From a global perspective, Action Against Hunger says one in nine people worldwide do not get enough food to eat.

Over the past nine years, CenturyLink food drives, along with the matching dollars from the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation, have contributed the equivalent of more than 56 million pounds of food to local food banks throughout the company’s U.S. service areas.

About Okanogan County Community Action Council

For 53 years Okanogan County Community Action Council has aided neighbors struggling with hunger. A part of this is the purchasing and distribution of food that goes out to all the food pantries in the county.  From The Cove in Twisp, to the Oroville Food Pantry and all other local food pantries, Community Action shares the wealth of donated food and produce.  This fund raiser will assist us in meeting the needs of families whose children depend on school meals for most of their nutrition. Once school is out, hunger sets in. Without this help from our donors and the match from Century Link, children and struggling families are at risk.


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