Advocacy Director of Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Lance Whitney came by the Hope in Action offices Tuesday afternoon to present a check to organization. Shown are (from left to right) Paul Henley, Hope in Action Executive Director, Hope City Director Mark Ross, Arkansas State Representative Danny Watson, Hope in Action Manager Mae Dulaney and Whitney.

A check was presented today by Lance Whitney, Advocacy Director, on behalf of his organization, Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, to Hope in Action, which helps distribute groceries to the needy in and around Hope.

Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, according to its website, "collaborates as a statewide voice advancing equitable solutions to hunger. Our vision is to create a hunger-free Arkansas." AHRA includes 500 members, which include "our original six Feeding America food bank members, local food pantries, soup kitchens, food rescue organizations, global food wholesalers and retailers, state level hunger programs and hunger advocates from around the state who are working daily to reduce hunger in Arkansas."