OGDEN — Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp. has presented $7,000 in donations to food banks in Ogden, Logan and Layton.

Tuesday, the corporation presented a $5,000 check to the Catholic Community Services Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank in Ogden, the major food bank of northern Utah.

The company also contributed $1,000 each to the Cache County Community Food Bank in Logan and the Family Connection Center Food Bank in Layton.

"We are pleased to help these organizations feed our neighbors in need," said Corey Milne, site manager of Great Salt Lake Minerals, who noted in a news release that more than 90 percent of Great Salt Lake Minerals' 330 employees live in Weber, Cache and Davis counties.

"Many people are hurting in today's economy. We want to do our part to make sure no one goes hungry, especially at Thanksgiving," Milne said. "We help growers feed America, so it is fitting to help local nonprofits feed the needy of northern Utah."