The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank and eight other organizations in the Feeding America network of food banks will share a $2 million donation from the Cleveland Clinic to aid hunger relief efforts.

The selected food banks, which operate in communities directly served by the Cleveland Clinic health system in Ohio, Florida and Nevada, locally include Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Feeding Medina County, Dover New Philadelphia Food Pantry and Second Harvest (Lorain, Huron, Erie and Crawford counties).

In a Nov. 17 news release, the Cleveland Clinic cited data provided by Feeding America indicating "47 million people in the U.S. face food insecurity, and one in five children lack enough food to grow up strong. The need spans income levels, with 70 percent of those experiencing hunger living a

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