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‘I don’t see us stopping anytime soon’: Volunteers help launch 3rd annual ‘2 Million Pounds’ food drive [Video]

Last year, The Salvation Army’s record-breaking food drive collected the equivalent of 2.2 million pounds of food.

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — In a room inside the Salvation Army Headquarters in Roseville Wednesday, it’s all hands on deck, as volunteers of all ages folded thousands of bags to help kick off the third annual 2 Million Pounds food drive.

“It’s a great exercise for a lot of our volunteers,” said Major Scott Shelbourn with the Salvation Army. “They’ve been coming in here for over a week.”

Major Shelbourn says the goal is to restock all nine of their metro area food shelves. Last year, the food drive collected close to 2.2 million pounds of food. 

And he says this year, the need is still there.

“5.5 million folks have hit the food shelves in Minnesota last year, so it’s a significant increase that’s happened in the past and over the pandemic,” he …

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