More than one million Virginians depend on Virginia’s food banks, and Governor McDonnell is joining community leaders to kick off “Hunger Action Month.” As Virginia Public Radio’s Anne Marie Morgan reports, food bank representatives say they need donations of food and cash to help meet a growing demand.
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