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Capital Area Food Bank - 4:23

Jody Tick, Chief Operating Officer for the Capital Area Food Bank

Posted Nov 16, 2017

Yolanda Vazquez talks with Jody Tick, Chief Operating Officer for the Capital Area Food Bank. The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest organization in the Washington metro area working to solve hunger and its companion problems: chronic under nutrition, heart disease, and obesity. For more information on the Capital Area Food Bank, visit their website. For more videos and information on your community, go to comcastnewsmakers.com.

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