[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8629]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER

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                             HON. TOM REED

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 2, 2017

  Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Food Bank of the 
Southern Tier for being named Food Bank of the Year by Feeding America.
  Feeding America is the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief 
organization, and Food Bank of the Year is the highest honor that it 
confers on a member organization. Food Bank of the Southern Tier is the 
smallest food bank ever to receive this honor, and also the first in 
New York.
  Food Bank of the Southern Tier distributes food and grocery products 
to people in need throughout six counties in upstate New York through a 
network of more than 160 partner agencies. It also administers several 
direct service food distribution programs.
  Food Bank of the Southern Tier was established in 1981 and continues 
to strive toward its mission of working together to build and sustain a 
hunger-free community, distributing over 11 million pounds of food and 
grocery items in 2016 alone.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Food Bank of the 
Southern Tier for being named Food Bank of the Year for its outstanding 
and dedicated service to the community of the Southern Tier of New 
York.

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