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Josh Klobefski, a Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods employee, and Brenda Friede, the assistant store manager, load food into a truck Thursday morning. The food was donated by customers at Gary & Leo's to be divided up between the Salvatiaon Army's Havre Service Center and the Havre Food Bank.
Brenda Friede, assistant manager at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods summed it up in three words.
"It was awesome," she said.
She spoke as she saw store employees pack lots of food into a truck that would be unloaded at the Havre Food Bank and the Salvation Army's Havre Service Center.
Almost $9,000 worth of food was collected.
Throughout the Christmas season, people could buy a $40 basket of food or a $25 basket. The money went to the Feed the Hunger program.
This was the largest amount ever contributed to the program.
Friede said the program has been going on about 18 years, and nothing like this has ever been collected.
Lorna Bjerga, manager of the food bank, was full of praise for Gary & Leo's and the community for pitching in.
"The community does an awful lot to help us," she said, "and we appreciate it."
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