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The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano has received a donation of 24,000 fresh eggs from NuCal Foods Inc. of Ripon, part of a nationwide contribution of 12 million eggs from the industry to food banks across the country during the month of March.

As part of the same program, the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland received a donation of 78,000 eggs.

Officials of the Concord-based Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano said the timing of the egg donation is important, since they face high demand and low inventory during the spring, and the cost of eggs has skyrocketed 35 percent over the past year paydayloans.com.

"The agencies were very happy to have eggs not only for breakfast, but Easter, too," said Theresa Pate, remote service coordinator for the Food Bank, which offers food assistance to 82,000 people in the two counties every month.

NuCal is a cooperative of four family-operated egg-farming operations in the Central Valley.

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