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Food for Life turns wounded hogs into aid in Paullina Iowa
In Paullina Iowa volunteers and Paul Ehmcke created Food for Life from a 1981 accident when an injured hog was donated to a local church meal program. Over five years the program collected 100000 pounds of meat for needy families, with beef pork and other meats distributed through clergy, county food shelves and missions. Dennis Mars now chairs the effort, coordinating with Upper Des Moines Opportunity and area churches. inquiries spread to Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin and Missouri.
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Paul Ehmcke
O'Brien County
Iowa
Paullina
Ehmeke
Ehmcke
Mars
Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc
Food For Life
O’brien County
Dennis Mars