Above, Girl Scout Rachel Blose stands with a sample of the contents of one of the food bags she packed for those in need, at Zion United Methodist Church, Feb. 20 in Sarver. To the left, Blose lifts one of the food bags she prepared for her food drive.

This is an excerpt from a larger article that appears in Sunday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.The holidays may be over, but, for some, hunger remains.That's the reason Rachel Blose, 13, a Girl Scout with Troop 26214, restarted the Blessing Bags food collection drive at her church, Zion United Methodist, 438 Bear Creek Road, Sarver.The Zion congregation first launched the collection effort in November to aid the Cabot Food Bank, according to Patty Burdett of the church's mission encounter team. She added that since donations typically decline after the holidays, the church, with Rachel's help, is doing it again in February.Rachel said donors can pick up a bag and fill it with nonperishable food items from a list in the church bulletin or on the church's Facebook and Instagram pages.

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