The Utah Food Bank was founded in 1904 and under different names in the last 100 years. It originally started in Salt Lake City and since, has been expanding. There is a southern Utah branch of the food bank that helps give more stops for food to stay fresher. It also provides another location to benefit more of the state. According to the food banks website (Click Here) one in 10 Utahans and one in eight children or living in poverty. One in seven children are at risk for hunger and Utah is ranked fourth in the nation for the highest rate of low food security. So I went out because I heard on the radio that they were trying to win 1-million dollars to fight hunger in Southern Utah. The money would be given by Walmart. The main thing was that people would listen to the radio station and then go to the Facebook page and vote. As of the time I was there they went from third place to fifth. The key things to know about the contest was that people had to vote so the word needed to be provided for the community. This was accomplished by Planet 94.1 radio station. The other rule was that if they won, Walmart would monitor and delegate the money for specific items and needs of the food bank.
The Utah Food bank is no stranger to this contest. In the past Salt Lake City and Ogden have won. The idea was to get the public to go to the Facebook page and vote for St. George food bank to win the million. This isn't just a like button though, the people actually need to vote.
-Expedited distribution to six southernmost Utah counties
-Southern hub for inbound goods from Arizona
-Accelerated delivery of perishable items to local distributors
-Refrigerated truck delivery
-Increased ability to meet growing needs of the rapidly expanding southern Utah population
-Four employees beginning January 2011
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