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Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania faces increased demand and decreased federal funding.

Federal cuts, including the elimination of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, have reduced the food bank's buying power.

Like hundreds of other nonprofit organizations — and just like it did last year — Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania is asking for donations for Erie Gives Day on Aug. 12.

But this year isn't like last year, or the one before it.

Like food banks across the country, Second Harvest's reality has changed.

Federal spending cuts, including the elimination of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program and reductions in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, have left Second Harvest with far less buying power. LFPA alone a

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