Upstate Rock Out Hunger

Let's Keep Rocking Out!

97 ROCK is proud to partner with Upstate Automotive & everyone in our community to help FeedMore WNY fulfill their mission to secure nutritious food for all Western New Yorkers.

As we continue to fight hunger in WNY, here is some info about what FeedMore WNY does and knows about the daily combat:

• FeedMore WNY is the hunger-relief nonprofit formed by the merger of The Food Bank of WNY and Meals on Wheels for WNY. FeedMore WNY provides nutritious food and support to community members of all ages throughout Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties.

• FeedMore WNY's mission is to offer dignity, hope and a brighter future by providing nutritious food, friendship and skills training to our WNY neighbors in need.

• The number of people in need of food assistance in WNY is growing. Last year, nearly 166,000 Western New Yorkers relied on FeedMore WNY for nutritious food and support - that's a 16 percent increase from the prior year and a nearly 50 percent increase in just three years.

• Approximately 1 in 7 people in WNY, including 1 in 5 children, faces hunger.

• FeedMore WNY partners with nearly 400 hunger-relief agencies and programs throughout Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie and Niagara counties. This includes food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, group homes and schools in our food bank distribution network, as well as partner sites that make it possible for FeedMore WNY to continue our critical home-delivered meals program. FeedMore WNY also partners with community dining sites in Erie County to provide nutritious meals to mobile older community members.

• · With the need for food assistance on the rise, FeedMore WNY is in need of food and fund donations, as well as volunteers, to continue our mission. People who are looking to give back can call FeedMore WNY at (716) 822-2002 or visit www.feedmorewny.org for more information.

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