Thank You Food Lion Feeds

THE FAMILY FOOD BANK RECEIVES

​ DONATION FROM FOOD LION FEEDS!

​​News Release
Contact: The Family Food Basket
​
6321 Old Raleigh Rd. Sims, NC 27880
​252-674-0093


01/16/2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Family Food Bank Receives Donation from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation

Sims, North Carolina - The Family Food Bank has received $2,500 from the Food Lion
Feeds Charitable Foundation just in time to help feed area residents. The Family Food Basket will use this amazing gift provided by Food Lion Feeds to provide those in the community with food, utility and medical expense assistance. “The joint mission of the Family Food Basket Ministry, participating churches, social service programs, and wonderful organizations like Food Lion Feeds, allows those in need to get the help necessary to live healthy and happy lives without depleting resources in the
community. We are so thankful to Food Lion Feeds for this generous contribution to our cause,” said Gerald Winborne.

About The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation
The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C. Established in 2001, the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to eliminating hunger. The charitable foundation has provided more than $12 million in grant funding helping to nourish communities with fresh food for backpack programs, Kids Café's, and other hunger-relief programs as well as funding for long-term programs to help shorten the lines at food banks. The charitable foundation partners with Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger-relief
agency, in addition to local food agencies serving the 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states in which Food Lion operates.  For more information, visit www.foodlion.com/in-our-community.

About Food Lion
Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., since 1957, has more than 1,000 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 63,000 associates. By
leveraging its longstanding heritage of low prices and convenient locations, Food Lion is working to own the easiest full shop grocery experience in the Southeast, anchored by a strong commitment to affordability, freshness and the communities it serves. Through Food
Lion Feeds, the company has donated more than 500 million meals to individuals and families since 2014, and has committed to donate 1 billion more meals by 2025. Food Lionis a company of Ahold Delhaize USA, the U.S. division of Zaandam-based Royal Ahold Delhaize Group. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com.