Press Release
Lowcountry Food Bank (LCFB) partner agencies St. Delight Community Outreach and Churches Assisting People (CAP) received supplies and funds from Food Lion Feeds to help improve operations, increase their capacity to donate more food to food-insecure neighbors and purchase needed equipment. These partner agencies received the funds through Food Lion Feeds' The Great Pantry Makeover effort. In addition to providing funds for the capital improvement project, local Food Lion associates provided support by donating volunteer hours as part of its largest associate volunteer initiative.
“Food Lion is instrumental in assisting CAP in reaching our neighbors in need facing hunger,” said Donna Bodie, CAP Executive Director. The pantry makeover helps create sustainability in operations and allows the pantry to serve more people. For example, new commercial refrigerators and additional food shelving will expand the amount of food the pantries can distribute within the community. Additionally, the pantry will receive a shelf-stable perishable and perishable donation to stock the pantry and more than $3,500 in Food Lion gift cards in support of the food pantry through the holidays and winter months.
The annual campaign takes place every September to align with Hunger Action Month, a time when Food Lion Feeds deepens its extensive existing partnership with Feeding America to raise awareness and inspire action to help people facing impossible choices resulting from food insecurity.
“We are proud to partner with Lowcountry Food Bank during Hunger Action Month to help raise awareness of this nationwide effort to help end hunger,” said Kevin Durkee, Manager, Food Lion Feeds, Food Lion. “The Great Pantry Makeover provides our associates a great opportunity to connect with their neighbors while nourishing the towns and cities we serve.”
Now in its eighth year, Food Lion associates support these local efforts by volunteering to complete pantry improvements. Their volunteer hours include remodels ranging from painting and cleaning pantries to installing shelving, freezers, coolers and other equipment to expand the capacity for fresh fruits, vegetables and other products. In addition to performing the work, Food Lion associates will stock the pantry shelves with food.
