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Police department arresting hunger this November

The Marshalltown Police Department is once again participating in the annual state-wide Arresting Hunger campaign.

“We have been active participants for the past four or five years,” said Marshalltown Police Department chief Mike Tupper. “We will be active participants in the effort to feed families on Nov. 26. We will be delivering meals to families in need. We are working with our statewide partners to push awareness messages.”

Tupper said the purpose of the campaign, which ends Nov. 25, is raise awareness of food insecurity in Marshalltown.

“Community outreach is a top priority for us,” he said. “This program is an excellent opportunity for the police department to serve the public and help with an important community need.”

Food insecurity is what happens when people do not have enough healthy food to eat every day and one Tupper said the police department sees daily.

“Poverty is as well,” he said. “There are significant needs in our community related to these issues.”

He hopes to deliver Thanksgiving meals to 100 Marshalltown families on Nov. 26, which will be significantly more than the almost 20 meals police personnel delivered last year.

“People are always very appreciative of the help and support,” Tupper said.

Inside the meal box will be items for families to have a basic and traditional Thanksgiving meal. However, instead of turkey, pork will be the main course.

People can donate to the Arresting Hunger campaign online by visiting www.giveffect.com/campaigns/12588-arresting-hunger-2019.

Donators can choose the amount to contribute or simple click on one of the options:

• $200 will provide 800 meals to families in Iowa

• $100, 400 meals

• $50, 200 meals

• $25, 100 meals

• $10, 40 meals.

Donations can also be made by giving cash or check to the Food Bank of Iowa. Do not take food items to the police department.

“For those that want to impact the needy, but prefer to donate items of food, our local Emergency Food Box, the Salvation Army and the House of Compassion are all locations that would benefit from these types of donations,” Tupper said.

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