SOUTHERN LEGISLATORS TO HELP PACKAGE 50,000 MEALS

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (July 26, 2014) –

            Members and guests of the Southern Legislative Conference will help to package 50,000 meals for the hungry and food insecure on Sunday, July 27 at 9:30am. 

            The SLC/Mark Norris Campaign Against Hunger will take place at the Governor’s Hall 1 in the Statehouse Convention Center. 

            Legislators from 15 states are currently in Little Rock for the 68^th Annual SLC Meeting.  While hunger is a national problem, the statistics are higher in the South.  In previous years, SLC participants have packaged 20,000 meals.  This year, the conference is raising the bar.

            Members of the media will need to first check in at the registration desk at the lower level of the Marriott. 

            For more information on the conference, visit www.slc2014littlerock.com

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