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The community has rallied in support of a mission to bring at least 1 million pounds of food to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

“Anything anyone donates, it’ll increase the food distributed here through the Second Harvest Food Bank.”

Ron Pringle, the food bank’s director, said transportation costs are among the food bank’s largest expenses.

Second Harvest distributes food to about 250 churches and nonprofits that operate food pantries in Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Hoke, Robeson and Sampson counties. The food bank has a fleet of vehicles, including one tractor-trailer and two 26-foot box trucks, but it’s pretty much at capacity picking up food locally.

“We don’t want to just bring any food, but our focus is healthy, nutritious food, making that available and then educating our community about how to prepare that food,” Pringle said.