With hunting season right around the corner, an amazing story has surfaced regarded successful sportsmen making room for this year’s harvest. Hunters have began donating their leftover venison to local food banks in order to clear their freezers and help those in need. The Sportsmen Against Hunger program founded in 1989, has supplied tens of millions of meals to soup kitchens, food banks, and other charitable organizations such as the Salvation Army. Programs similar to Sportsmen Against hunger are active in all 50 states and in some parts of Canada. Increasing animal populations as well as global hunger issues have resulted in larger donations to the programs across the country.
In Pennsylvania, an estimated 200,000 meals were donated to food banks, an equivalent of nearly 100,000 pounds of venison. Donations are steadily rising and the number of pounds donated in 2007 jumped to 318, 798 pounds which is roughly equivalent to 1,275,172 meals. Sportsmen continue to actively donate to these programs and supply those threatened with hunger with meals that are both lean and high in protein. The organization hopes that donations will continue to increase and hunters continue to contribute to those who are less fortunate. Hunters are encouraged to check out their local versions of Sportsmen Against Hunger and see how last year’s harvest can help fight hunger.
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