Community generous with donations by the pounds

CHAMPAIGN – If you noticed more traffic than usual in downtown Champaign on Wednesday, the reason was probably generosity.

Scores of citizens stopped by The News-Gazette's downtown office to drop off food donations on the day before Thanksgiving.

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