Eastern Illinois Foodbank marks 40th anniversary with big goals for S…

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The Eastern Illinois Foodbank is celebrating its 40th anniversary and to mark the occasion, they’ve set big goals for themselves this September.

The Eastern Illinois Foodbank was built to relieve people from hunger through 18 different Eastern Illinois counties. They’re a warehouse that supplies foods to soup kitchens, church pantries, school markets and more.

With thousands of people in Eastern Illinois dealing with food insecurity, the food bank wants to spread awareness to the community. For Hunger Action Month, which starts on Friday, they’ll be doing that by hosting fundraising events throughout the month.

Those events include WCIA’s Spotlight Game of the Week. The foodbank will set up at each game and have the two different schools see who can raise the most money and have those bragging rights.

Sophie Becker, the foodbank’s…