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Local families receive "12 days of Pizza"

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First Farmers & Merchants Bank is partnering with Luverne Pizza Ranch for a “12 Days of Pizza” project to give 15 local families coupons for a free large pizza or eight-piece chicken each day for 12 days through the BackPack program. Many students rely on the BackPack program for weekend food, but when school closes for the holidays, some families don’t have dependable meals during that time, so the Christmas pizza program helps out.
 
Seventy Pizza Ranch locations across the Midwest have partnered with local businesses to provide 11,000 meals to nearly 950 families this year, the fifth year of the program. “We are proud of our franchisees and the local businesses in our communities for expanding this great grassroots effort again in 2019,” said Perry Krosschell, Pizza Ranch chief vision officer.

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