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Commissaries Pass 21M-Pound Mark in Donations to Local Food Banks
January 24, 2020
FORT LEE, Virginia, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Commissary Agency issued the following news release:

Military commissaries would rather fill a food bank than a landfill. That's the mindset of the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) as it announces a new milestone in donations - 21 million pounds plus - to local food banks.

DeCA reached this mark in donations over a five-year period; 5 million pounds of it coming in 2019 alone. The donated . . .

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