Recently, the Golden LEAF board of directors awarded $5,540,432 in funding for 50 projects through the Food Distribution Assistance Program. The Helping Hands food distribution project by Centro Unido Latino Americano in McDowell County is one of those that got the Golden LEAF money.
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