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Thursday, April 25, 2013  Students at Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Center are doing something cool to educate us about hunger. They're partnering with Snack Pak 4 Kids in doing that.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Snack Pak 4 Kids program continues to grow and expand into the towns of the Panhandle.

Friday, November 16, 2012  The Food and Drug Administration says a New Mexico peanut company linked to a recent salmonella outbreak distributed peanut and almond butters even after testing showed the products were contaminated.

Friday, October 19, 2012  State health officials say a 5-year-old girl from Roosevelt County has been identified as the 36th victim of a salmonella outbreak in peanut butter and other nut products from eastern New Mexico.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  The list of peanut butter recalls out of Sunland, Inc., in New Mexico is once again expanding.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A peanut processing plant in Portales has been shut down since Saturday after an outbreak of salmonella was linked to peanut butter made at the facility.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  After receiving donated peanut butter for over a month, Snack Pak 4 Kids and Odyssey Hospice have met their goal of one thousand jars.

Friday, August 31, 2012  For the entire month of August, Odyssey Hospice, along with other local businesses of Amarillo have partnered with, Snack Pak 4 Kids. A community wide food drive in which they are hoping to collect more than 1,000 jars of peanut butter.

Monday, February 06, 2012  The Kong toy drive at the Amarillo Panhandle Humane Society and Animal Control was a success, and now a peanut butter drive is making those toys even more enjoyable for shelter dogs.

Friday, October 21, 2011  Crunchy or smooth? Doesn't matter -- the price of your favorite peanut butter is going to spike very soon.

Friday, February 04, 2011  UPDATE: Learn how you can help keep our area kids fed over the weekend.

Saturday, February 14, 2009  More people in Colorado have been sickened bytainted peanut butter, and the six new cases are linked to a shuttered Texas plant.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009  The Associated Press has learned a processing plant in Texas run by the same company blamed for a national salmonella outbreak operated uninspected and unlicensed for years.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009  A peanut processing plant in Texas run by the same company blamed for a national salmonella outbreak operated for years uninspected and unlicensed by government health officials, The Associated Press has learned.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009  The salmonella outbreak has been blamed for making 500 people sick and has been linked to at least eight deaths.