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Feeding the poor, giving away groceries and holding a scavenger hunt for children were some of the different ways that Farm Bureau counties helped promote Food Check-Out Day on Feb. 7. The day commemorates the calendar day when the average U.S. family has earned enough income to pay for the entire year’s food supply.

Here were some of the counties’ activities:

Adams County: Farm Bureau members paid $38 worth of a customer’s groceries at Prather’s IGA in West Union. Customers who successfully answered a trivia question got to look through a grocery cart of Ohio products and pick an item.

Ashland County: Food samples, coupons and balloons were given away to shoppers at Buehler’s Food Market in Ashland.

Hardin County: A drawing was held for 10 $10 gift cards at the Kroger store in Kenton. Volunteers gave away 100 balloons for kids who also participated in a scavenger hunt in which they would win a candy bar if they found 10 items in the store.

Jefferson County: Farm Bureau members picked out food at Riesbeck’s grocery store, and the groceries were used to make food for a soup kitchen, which was staffed by church and Farm Bureau members.

Mahoning County: Farm Bureau members donated $250 to Mahoning Valley Second Harvest Food Bank. Five local grocery stores also had Food Check-Out posters at their stores.

Wyandot County: Six youths bagged groceries for three hours at A&A Grocery and Marty's IGA/Ben Franklin Supercenter. They put fliers in grocery bags explaining Food Check-Out Day.

Caption: Wyandot County Farm Bureau members Kayla Weaver (background), Kait Riedlinger (left to right), Sarah Rowe and Rachel Humphrey bag groceries at Marty's IGA/Ben Franklin Supercenter to mark Food Check-Out Day. Photo courtesy of The Daily Chief-Union

Caption: Mahoning County Farm Bureau donated $250 for Food Check-Out Day. Holding up a mock check are Rebecca Martinez of Mahoning Valley Second Harvest Food Bank and Tom Koch, president of Mahoning County Farm Bureau. Photo courtesey of the Mahoning County Farm Bureau

Caption: Shopping for groceries to feed the poor are (from left) Dee Dee Dornbush of Two Ridge Presbyterian Church; Scott Stewart, Riesbeck’s grocery store manager; Linda Quinn of St. Paul Episcopal Church; the Rev. John Zuercher of Starkdale Presbyterian Church, and Mary Ellen Grafton of Jefferson County Farm Bureau. Photo courtesey of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau