Commissary hosts Feds Feed Families food drive

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  • By Amn Randahl J. Jenson
  • 49th Wing Public Affairs
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. --  The commissary is hosting its fourth annual Feds Feed Families food drive at Holloman Air Force Base until Aug. 31.

This Department of Defense charity helps feed families in need and fills food shelves around military installations.

"We build bags of non-perishable food items that cost less than $10," said Daniel Schroeder, the asset commissary officer at Holloman. "Anyone who shops here can purchase them to donate to local food shelves."

Holloman shoppers have been doing this and more. 

Since June 1, when the fourth annual feds feed families food drive started, Team Holloman has raised over 2,000 pounds -- enough to feed more than 200 families in the surrounding area. 

"This food drive benefits the local community," said Calvin Teller, the customer service ambassador of the commissary at Holloman. "It also gives shoppers the opportunity to give back to families in need."

Federal employees nationwide have contributed to ending hunger with this campaign. 

The Defense Commissary Agency raised over three million pounds of food in the last four years and more than one million pounds of food last year alone. Military installations like Holloman expect this year's yield to double that of last year.

"Our goal every year is to donate more food than the year before," said Schroeder. "It will make a difference once people realize the impact they have."

For more information, call the commissary at (575) 572-7655.

(Information from a Defense Commissary Agency news release was used in this story.)