Youngstown church to build new 'Hunger Center' to meet growing food needs

For decades, Zion Lutheran Church in Youngstown has helped feed more than 50,000 people in our Valley. But leaders say the need has grown so much, they now want to open a full Hunger Center, a place where anyone can get food, any day they need it. First, making plans for a new building to make that vision possible. Zion Lutheran Church holds a big food distribution once a month, helping families get through a few days at a time. But now - Pastor Duane Jesse and Distribution Coordinator Pam Raeburn want to offer more help, more often. "We have been encouraged by Second Harvest and our congregation to open a hunger center where we will be available to the community more often," Pastor Duane Jesse said. Rather than doing food distribution only on every third Satu