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Bishop Praises Haiti Peanut Donation Efforts

February 26, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) today congratulated Early County 2055, located in Blakely, Ga., for coordinating efforts to donate a large shipment of peanut butter and other peanut products to the people of Haiti.

“I offer my congratulations to the Early County 2055 coordinators on your extraordinary work to organize the shipments of peanuts and peanut butter to Haiti,” Bishop said in a letter to the organization. “I commend your generosity and the sense of service and compassion that you have shown to the people of Haiti who need our help now more than ever. It is truly inspiring that Southwest Georgia businesses are dedicating their time and resources to help alleviate hunger in an area so affected by devastation.”

Through the group’s efforts, seven truckloads, or roughly 3.5 million servings of peanuts and peanut butter, have been shipped to the crisis area.

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