Some 200 volunteers of all ages converged Saturday at the River Bend Foodbank to ensure children in the Quad-Cities don't go hungry on weekends.
Volunteers Fill Backpacks For Hungry Kids
Deirdre Cox Baker dbaker@qctimes.com, Quad-City Times
Sun, 02/14/2016 - 3:00am
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