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WXII 12 News has partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank to support its mission for more than 20 years, and now we are joining them on a new journey as they move to a new, larger home with an expanded vision. This, in turn, helps will help their partners and the community.Executive director of Hunger and Health Coalition, Elizabeth Young, makes sure the food and non-perishable items get to families in need in Watauga County, which is one of 18 counties in Northwest North Carolina that Second Harvest services. We re the wholesaler and they re the retailer, Second Harvest CEO Eric Aft said. It is a symbiotic relationship. We cannot reach our neighbors in need without them. The food bank delivers to the coalition in Boone twice a week. The need in the area is great, like in many places. Many people lost their jobs during the pandemic as well as their means of transportation. Children lost access to meals at school when it moved to remote learning.With help from Second Harvest, Y
Photo courtesy of Judi Sawyer | Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
Caselyn Little, a wildlife biology student at Lees
McRae-College, releases a broad-winged hawk that was restored
through the universityâs May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at
Grandfather Mountain on Friday, May 21.
Photo by Luke Barber
Megan Guess, a pre-veterinary medicine student, releases a
broad-winged hawk into the wild at Grandfather Mountain on Friday,
May 21.
Photo courtesy of Judi Sawyer | Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
A broad-winged hawk that was restored to health by Lees
McRae-Collegeâs May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center freely soars
through the skies over Grandfather Mountain.
LINVILLE â Two broad-winged hawks took to the skies over Grandfather Mountainâs MacRae Meadows after a successful release by Lees-McRae Collegeâs May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center staff on Friday, May 21.