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IOCP surpasses 2008 FoodShare Month totals

After painting a somewhat bleak picture last week, Susan Fetterer of Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners reported this morning that IOCP has surpassed its combined food and cash donation total for for 2008 for Minnesota FoodShare Month.

As of this morning IOCP has received 39,705 pounds of food and cash donations totaling $23,960, with donations from Thursday and today not yet added into the total. The combined total of 63,665 will top last year's total of 66,261 when a check for $4,400 and the rest of the donations are added in.

With the IOCP Food Shelf seeing a usage increase of nearly 30 percent over last year and additional funding nearly impossible to come by, those dollars will even more important than normal, she said.

"Not only do we get that money donated by the community, but we'll get a percentage of funds sent directly to Minnesota FoodShare," Fetterer said. "With that money we can literally leverage eight to nine times in buying power at Second Harvest Heartland."

During March, Minnesota FoodShare gathered weekly reports from all food shelves participating in FoodShare Month about food and money received. At the end of the campaign, donations made directly to Minnesota FoodShare will be distributed to the food shelves based on a percentage of the overall totals they helped bring in. For 2009, Minnesota FoodShare has set a goal of raising 10 million combined pounds and dollars.

Wizard of Oz this weekend at Orono Middle School
Orono Middle School will present "The Wizard of Oz" during three performances this weekend - 7 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday.

More than 95 students are involved in the production, which is sponsored by the Orono Middle School Parent Association.

Tickets can be purchased at the door. Orono Middle School is located at 800 Old Crystal Bay Rd. N., Orono. For more information, please call the school at 952/449-8450.

More weekend events can be found on the calendar page of Mnsun.com and in this week's edition of the Sun-Sailor.

Weatherunderground.com forecast
And now for the Weatherunderground.com forecast. A link to Weatherunderground.com can be found on our website Mnsun.com.

For the rest of Friday highs will be around 45 and overnight lows around 30.

For Saturday it should be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the morning and rain in the afternoon. Highs will be around 45. Saturday night lows will dip to 30.

For Sunday there will be more clouds and a chance of snow with highs again around 40.

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