Cabinet Secretaries Lend a Helping Hand for Feds Feed Families

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan to help deliver food in the Washington D.C. area that has been collected by federal employees as part of a nationwide volunteer effort called ‘Feds Feed Families' food drive. As food banks around the country experience shortages, federal agencies lead by the OPM and its partners are hoping to donate 1,000,000 pounds of food this summer. For more information go to http://www.fedsfeedfamilies.gov/

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    Volunteering is fun! OPM Director John Berry and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar have fun while helping Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan (left) and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood (right) pack up food for delivery in the Capitol area. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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    Lynn Brantley, the Executive Director of the Capitol Area Food Bank gives a warehouse tour to the visiting cabinet secretaries. (Left to right – Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Secretary Salazar, behind Ms. Brantley Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan and OPM Director John Berry. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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    OPM Director John Berry shakes hands with Sister Pauline of the Little Sisters of the Poor, one of many organizations that volunteer at the Capitol Area Food Bank. (Left to right – Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Secretary Salazar) [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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    Secretary Salazar addressing the event. Feds Feed Families hopes to raise 1,000,000 pounds of food nationwide by August 28. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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    The volunteer crew stops for a brief photo op before getting back to packing up food to ship out to those in need in the Capitol area. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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