The day after a deal was struck to end a federal government shutdown that has delayed critical food assistance for people in need, community members still turned out in force with donations collected by a coalition of local partners to help the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank serve the hungry.

Democratic State Rep. Veronica Sims of Akron, Metro Regional Transit Authority, Arlington Church of God and the United Black Firefighters of Akron collected 3,756 pounds of food for the food bank at METRO's Stuff the Bus event on Nov. 13 at the Arlington Church of God. Donors included Akron Mayor Shammas Malik, whose office posted that it collected several bags of toiletries and non-perishable food items "to help our neighbors in need."

Food bank spokeswoman Raven Gayheart said the total collected f

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