Martha Henk Is An Alabama Bright Light For The Hungry Around Auburn

Alabama News Center | December 15, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

Imagine the amount of food 16 tractor-trailers can hold.

That’s how much the Food Bank of East Alabama in Auburn dispenses every month to more than 200 agencies feeding the hungry.

Now imagine Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Stadium three-fourths full, about 70,000 people. That’s how many food-insecure residents live in the seven counties the Food Bank of East Alabama serves.“Our mission is to gather the best supply of donated food, and then make that food available to churches and organizations that service the communities in need,” said Martha Henk, the food bank’s executive director.

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