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Food Bank receives huge donation from Mormon Church

Gift of 36,000 pounds of food delivered Friday

Tim Faircloth, a regular volunteer at The Food Bank, drives a forklift full of supplies as part of a 36,000-pound donation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered to the Statesboro agency on Friday. Standing, from left, are Mitchell Brannen, Dr. Lane Van Tassell, Leila Brannen, Chris Van Tassell and Sheila Stewart-Leach, executive director of The Food Bank. The Brannens are members of an LDS church in Savannah, while the Van Tassells are members of the local Mormon church. (JIM HEALY/staff)

Food Bank.jpg — Tim Faircloth, a regular volunteer at The Food Bank, drives a forklift full of supplies as part of a 36,000-pound donation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered to the Statesboro agency on Friday. Standing, from left, are Mitchell Brannen, Dr. Lane Van Tassell, Leila Brannen, Chris Van Tassell and Sheila Stewart-Leach, executive director of The Food Bank. The Brannens are members of an LDS church in Savannah, while the Van Tassells are members of the local Mormon church. (JIM HEALY/staff)

A tractor-trailer carrying 36,000 pounds of food donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delivered the gift Friday afternoon to the Statesboro Food Bank.