Farm Bureau celebrates Food Check-Out Week donating to Ronald McDonald Houses

BUCKHANNON, WV -   Despite continually escalating regulatory costs and input prices for fuel and energy, America's farmers and ranchers are still the most efficient and productive in the world.     In observance of America's abundance of affordable food, the West Virginia Farm Bureau will celebrate Food Check-Out Week, February 16 – 21, 2009.  As part of the observance, WVFB will donate food and supplies to each of the three Ronald McDonald houses located in West Virginia.   

The Huntington, Charleston and Morgantown Ronald McDonald houses provide overnight housing, cooking, and bathing and laundry facilities for families of sick children undergoing treatment at local hospitals.  These facilities are available at low or no cost to the family members, a real help to those already struggling with the expenses of a catastrophic illness.

During Food Check-Out Week, WVFB members volunteer to shop at area grocery stores, purchasing meats, non-perishable foods and paper products at local supermarkets and donating the items to each Ronald McDonald House. 

“We look forward to Farm Bureau coming for Food Check Out Day every year,” says Jeannie Kuhn, Special Events Coordinator at the Morgantown house.  “Not only does the WVFB bring canned goods, but they stock our freezers with meats, roasts, and other main ingredients for meals.  We don’t know what we’d do without their help.”

Representing more than 19,000 members, the West Virginia Farm Bureau was founded in 1919 to provide leadership, education, information, training and economic services to county farm bureaus to enhance the quality of life for its membership.

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