Farmers RECC recently donated to area organizations who are committed to ending hunger in our local communities. 

The Backpack program, organized by Feeding America, helps children get nutritious, easy-to-prepare food so they can get enough to eat on the weekend when they are not in school. Bags of foods are assembled at area food banks and then distributed to children through the school's Youth Resource Office. 

Farmers RECC donated $2,000 each to Barren, Hart, and Metcalfe counties. Approximately $120 will feed a student on the weekends for the entire school year. The funds have been distributed to the school's Youth Resource offices so they can identify individuals with a need to the donations. 

In addition, Farmers RECC donated $1,000 to the Barren County Reads and Feeds program, which donates food to local students with food insecurity. 

"We understand that hunger is a very real problem for some of our area student," said Caralyne Pennington, Director of Member and Public Communications at Farmers RECC. "If we can help some of those students and the public with that problem, we feel it's important to do what we can."

"These donations are a tangible way for us to exhibit the cooperative principle of 'Concern for Community," said Pennington. "Our employees live and work in the communities we serve, and this is just one way to give back to those communities."