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2008-06-24 — go.com
The trailers contained 57,000 pounds of chicken donate by Frank Perdue. The total loss for the food bank is nearly $500,000.
With demand up, donations down and an 8% cut in state funding, this is a devastating blow.
Patricia Beebe of the Food Bank of Delaware tells Action News, "We have a decrease in funding. We have theft. We're paying more for food. We have a decreased amount of donated product and we have demand going up& gas is through the roof."
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