Mayor Don Plusquellic and County Auditor Frank Williams announce annual City vs. County challenge to raise food and funds for the 2001 Harvest for Hunger campaign.
Nothing is more basic to that mission than food on the table.
West is this year's Honorary Chair for the local Harvest for Hunger campaign. Founded in 1992, Harvest for Hunger is an annual community-wide food and funds drive that is locally coordinated in 19 Northeast Ohio counties. Each dollar and food item donated stays in the donor's own community. Dan E. Sveda, executive director of the Foodbank explained that the food raised from the Harvest for Hunger campaign is distributed to local hunger centers served by the Foodbank that provide emergency food assistance to people in need. Mayor Plusquellic and Williams exchanged jokes while announcing a challenge to all City and County employees to see which group could raise the most food and funds.