PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--- With the New Hampshire Food Bank preparing to feed thousands for the holiday season, Service Credit Union presented a check for $15,000 representing its total annual contribution.
Service Credit Union President/CEO David Van Rossum presented the check to New Hampshire Food Bank Interim Director Robert Gossett to help keep the shelves well stocked.
According to SCU, approximately one in nine residents in the state are food insecure and of those about one in five is a child. The food bank is expected to distribute close to 13 million pounds of food this year.
Service Credit Union said it has made a considerable donation to the food bank for 11 straight years to assist the agency during its critical times of need. The contribution could not have come at better time as New Hampshire Food Bank officials describe this year’s demand for food as one of its most severe in years.
In addition to the annual monetary donation, Service Credit Union said it will be delivering non-perishable items to the food bank and local food pantries which are now being collected during the credit union’s Food for Families canned food drive. New Hampshire branches from across the state are currently participating in the campaign.
“Service Credit Union is honored to help the New Hampshire Food Bank fulfill its mission of helping the less fortunate in our communities. The food bank supplies local food pantries with their food to become beneficiaries of donations like the one from Service Credit Union,” said Van Rossum. “This donation embodies the credit union philosophy of people helping people.”