September is Hunger Action Month and food banks like the Central Illinois Food Bank, ramp up communication and inspire passion for the issue of food insecurity. Feeding America is a nonprofit organization that partners with their involved food banks to bring awareness to a topic that affects many people in Christian County and beyond.

Brooke Dunn, Public Relations Manager for the Central Illinois Food Bank says, that if there is any month to get involved in your local food bank or pantry, September is the time to do so.

Food pantries are seeing unprecedented traffic to their facilities, supplying food to more and more families that are in desperate need to get food on the table. While donations have increased in areas like fresh produce, volunteers, and coordinators are struggling to keep up with the ever-expanding needs of the community.

The Central Illinois Food Bank is getting involved by giving tours of the massive warehouse that stores the food being served to the food pantries. This is an effort to increase awareness of the food bank process, and what goes into food coordination, to understand the efforts of workers in the food bank industry.
Dunn will be hosting the tours and will be available Monday and Thursday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM or 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

For information about the Central Illinois Food Bank, you can visit their website at, https://www.centralilfoodbank.org/.

Brooke Dunn appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.