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	<description>Lifting Up One Household at a Time</description>
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		<title>Raise Money for MEAC When You Shop at Kroger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kroger just announced their new Community Rewards Program. Now, all you have to do is sign up online and connect your Kroger Plus savings card with MEAC. Once you do that, your grocery purchases will benefit MEAC and those we serve. We will have the opportunity to raise up to $5,000 per year through this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunger Walk/Run &#8211; Help Raise Funds for MEAC&#8217;s Pantry!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year, MEAC spends thousands of dollars on food to feed thousands of people who reside in Madisonville and the surrounding communities. The Freestore Foodbank Hunger Walk, which takes place on Memorial Day (May 28th), helps MEAC raise much-needed funds so that we can continue to provide food and other necessities to our neighbors in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meaconline.org/hunger-walkrun-help-raise-funds-for-meacs-pantry</link>
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		<title>Bags Needed &#8211; Donate/Make Bags for MEAC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our clients use bags to carry the groceries, clothing, and other items they choose at MEAC. We often run out of bags. You can help us by donating the plastic or paper bags you have stashed away in a cabinet somewhere. (You&#8217;ve been wondering what to do with all of them, right?) If you are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meaconline.org/bags-needed-donatemake-bags-for-meac</link>
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		<title>Putting More Education in MEAC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the second school year in a row, MEAC&#8217;s Early Literacy Program is helping preschoolers through third graders improve their reading skills. Only 44% of the 3rd grade students at John P. Parker Elementary School tested at or above a proficient level in the 2009-2010 school year. That means that 56% tested below their reading [...]]]></description>
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