The FirstEnergy Foundation is awarding $750,000 in grants to 37 Pennsylvania food banks and pantries as part of its Hunger Action Month initiative. In total, the initiative is granting $2.5 million to 104 hunger relief organizations across New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia, marking the Foundation’s largest hunger-relief investment to date.

The grants will provide about 2 million meals to families in communities served by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania. In Butler County, Gleaners Food Bank in Cranberry received $15,000 and Northern Butler County Feed My Sheep Food Cupboard in Slippery Rock received $5,000.