March CAER Food Drive Seems Successful! - 03/31/11 07:35 PM
CAER (Community Action Elk River) has a campaign underway to raise 100,000 pounds/dolalrs for the local food shelf which serves Elk River, Otsego and Zimmerman, and it is nearing the half-way point.  CAER is currently serving about 1,500 households in three communities.
As of last Wednesday, CAER had accounted for 44,602.93 dollars/pounds.
"We have a long way to go, but I still think we can get there," said Jenny Gray, the executive director of CAER.Last year it distributed more than 500,000 pounds of food valued at more than $1 million."That's quite amazing," Gray said.
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