Eastern Illinois Foodbank holds largest annual event for Hunger Actio…

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — September is Hunger Action Month, and food banks across the country are raising awareness and talking about ways to end hunger.

That includes the Eastern Illinois Foodbank in Urbana. It held its largest event of the year on Thursday: Operation Orange, named after the color connected to hunger awareness. About 200 volunteers gave their time at the EIF warehouse to package food for delivery.

The United States Department of Agriculture donated potatoes and canned goods, among other food, through they’re commodity program. Katie Fidler, who has been volunteering for the organization for five years, said it feels good to see her work benefit local counties.

“You see it every day,” she said. “Whenever we first started, I was doing repacks of some of the actual food bags, and they mentioned tomorrow’s Ford County. There’s Edgar County, there’s…