ARIZONA STATE FAIR “WE CARE WEDNESDAY” FOOD DRIVE NETS MORE THAN 32,000 POUNDS

St. Mary’s would like to thank the thousands of Arizonans who took advantage of the Arizona State Fair’s “We Care Wednesday” special event on Oct. 14 benefitting the food bank. St. Mary’s would also like to sincerely thank the State Fair for generously offering free admission to everyone who brought three or more nonpe...rishable food items to the fair.

The final totals? More than 16 tons – that’s 32,000 pounds of food, folks – was collected in just over six hours. That’s more than 5,000 pounds an hour! And fairgoers brought lots of canned meals, fruits, vegetables and soups – just the kind of food St. Mary’s desperately needs to fill the more than 40,000 emergency food boxes expected to be distributed just in the month of October.