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Coronavirus: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate another $1M to food banks amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Ryan Reynolds Honored With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 15: Actors Ryan Reynolds, left, and Blake Lively pose with their daughters as Ryan Reynolds is honored with star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 15, 2016, in Hollywood, California. The couple donated on Monday, Feb. 15, 20212, its second million dollars to food banks in both the United States and Canada since the novel coronavirus pandemic began. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

By Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

For the second time since the novel coronavirus pandemic began, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have donated $1 million to support food banks in the United States and Canada overwhelmed by the increase in demand for their services.

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Both Feeding America and Food Banks Canada thanked the couple via social media on Monday for their financial support.

Reynolds, 44, and Lively, 33, also pledged $500,000 to each organization at the pandemic’s outset in early 2020.

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