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The West Ohio Food Bank, as an affiliate of Feeding America, received a donation of 15 billboards from the Ad Council and Lamar Outdoor Advertising. Since the material is donated, West Ohio Food Bank will not know exactly when or where these billboards are going to appear. The billboards could appear anywhere in Lima or anywhere in West Ohio Food Bank’s 11 county service area!

With the help of Clear Channel-Lima, West Ohio Food Bank is holding a ‘contest’ to find all of the billboards. The first person to send in the location of each billboard, along with a picture of it, will be able to select their favorite West Ohio Food Bank member charity, in the county where the billboard was found, and the West Ohio Food Bank will credit 100 pounds of donated food to the member charity’s account. Send your entries to billboards@wofb.org.

Here is what the billboards look like:

West Ohio Food Bank Financial Information

West Ohio Food Bank Annual Report ‘08-’09

Click HERE to access West Ohio Food Bank’s IRS Form 990 on Guidestar.org

Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks (OASHF)

An organization that represents 12 foodbanks, which then distribute food to more than 3,300 member charities, including food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and other hunger relief organizations that reach all 88 Ohio counties.

It is a system of strong alliances that continually seek and maintain meaningful partnerships that help people who are most in need.

Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest)

Feeding America is the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Our mission is to feed America’s hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.

Each year, the Feeding America network provides food assistance to more than 25 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.

Our network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.The Feeding America network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually.

United States Department of Agriculture and United Way