Hunters for the Hungry bring sportsmen together to feed people on the holidays

Welcome back everyone in your community needs today.

We are learning more about how a program is helping those who are food insecure right here in the tenant valley and joining us now to tell us more about it is that tim caught matt how are you i'm good thanks he is with the tennessee wildlife adoration tell us more about hunters for the hungry mouth is grant and how it's helping so many people right here in the tennessee valley.

This program was started to swell up federation back in 1998 in in the 20+ years.

This program has provided 7.6 million meals.

The hundred c all across tennessee this year were excited because boating season has licenses this year for hunting trip last year and the numbers are already a deer hunting this year due to coded of the morning to get outside and were hearing from our food bank and hunger relief agency partners that the need is great this year than it's ever been or hunger relief excellently.

A lot of folks are fed and secure.

Right now they are looking to other organizations to help a little bit about how those in our community can help and be a par of this program to help ... those in need ... i love informational website www.ti.org.

The simplest way for a deer hunter or someone that knows some of the client is to donate a deer to our program.

Basically all one has to do is harvest the deer ... and drop it off at one of our participating processes ... and the processors that are in our area.

Can you tell them where it ... can you tell that the home where they're located at absolutely we have a really are a processor i hixson middle valley middle valley dear processing mom down there is.

He's been really busy this year is taking a lot of donated deer and just so everyone knows every dinner.

The donated tour program will provide over 168 servings of protein in the ... what is so important right now.

Felt at your helping so many families ... received this healthy protein to help them continue on with their day and just ... able to have the things they need.

Well it's an amazing testimony of the volunteer state here in tennessee.

Because that's truly what this program is built upon his volunteers.

The deer hunters.

They get out and enjoy doing so of their help helping feed all these hungry citizens of tennessee and our processors develop their time, their energy and their work ability fuels to process these therefore program it definitely helps someone sleep good so you ... absolutely right here in our community, which is so importan again manifest like to learn some more information about how making yet another me or how they can help donate where they need to go ... just visiting the website that tm wf the word g talks a lot about hunters for the hungry an the ways anyone can get involved.

We have a location on our website.

It's a financial contribution.

Maybe you're not a hunter or it's too cold.

Don't get out you can still get involved in this program and help a lot of the financial absolutely matt simcox for tennessee wildlife federation.

Thank you so much for joining u and giving us this important information.

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