Ballad Health and Southern Appalachian Medical Management (SAMM) have donated 50-thousand dollars to a local food bank during Hunger Action Month.A release from Ballad Health states the hospital system and SAMM, which represents local orthopedic surgeon practices, teamed up for a second year to donate to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee.Second Harvest received 50,000 dollars with each organization donating 25,000 dollars.