Food bank serving Lee, Whiteside counties receives pork donation

Feeding programs served by River Bend Food Bank received a helping hand Wednesday as the food bank was one of eight regional food banks that received more than 101,000 pounds of ground pork.River Bend Food Bank received 9,600 pounds of ground pork. The Food Bank serves 18 counties in northwest Illinois, including Bureau, Carroll, Lee and Whiteside, and five counties in Iowa, including Clinton and Scott. “It’s a great program and I am really proud of what the Pork Power program has accomplished,” said Todd Dail, a pork producer from Erie. Dail was one of the first farmers involved in the program when it started in 2008. Paul Darrow, who, with his wife Laurie, owns Country Village Meats in Sublette, was present at the donation at River Bend Food Bank’s main location in Davenport, Iowa. “I am very proud to be a part of this program and be able to help process the pork that goes into the Pork Power program,” Darrow said. The pork donation is part of the “Pork Power: Partnering to Fight Hun