AmeriHealth Caritas Foundation donates $75K to Harvest Hope, Children’s Trust

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– One in eight people in South Carolina face hunger with one in six children dealing with food scarcity.

Harvest Hope Food Bank helps children and families through programs focuses on youth in foster care.

Adverse childhood experiences can be linked to health problems in adulthood, and hunger can be one of those issues.

To help Harvest Hope with their mission, AmeriHealth Caritas Foundation gave $75 thousand checks to both the food bank and Children’s Trust South Carolina.

Harvest Hope serves 25 million meals annually to South Carolinians in 20 counties across the state.