The results of the 2023 KALB-TV Christmas Cheer Food Drive are complete, and a total of 82,055 pounds of non-perishable food items were collected from Avoyelles, Grant, Natchitoches, Rapides, and Vernon parish schools, according to Jayne Wright-Velez, executive director of the Food Bank of Central Louisiana.
Sponsored by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana and KALBTV, local schools participated in…