Volunteers from area Food Lion stores will be at Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry on 9/11 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. delivering more than 3,900 pounds of food, including breakfast items, canned vegetables and fruits, beef stew, spaghetti and more.
And then the volunteers will stay at Tri-Area to unload the truck or trucks, sort the food and stock the shelves.
Food Lion recently reopened 167 remodeled stores in the Wake County area. “To underscore this investment, Food Lion associates are also leading a volunteer tour throughout the area to further support the community.”
Food Lion volunteers have also delivered 3,900 pounds of food to food pantries in Sanford, Garner and Roanoke Rapids and later this month will also deliver to Durham, Tillery, Raleigh and Fayetteville.
This volunteer effort is part of Food Lion Feeds’ annual event, The Great Pantry Makeover, where Food Lion associates remodel and stock the shelves of food pantries across its 10-state operating area to provide sustainable and impactful solutions. More than 30 organizations will benefit from this effort that takes place every September to align with Hunger Action Month, a time when Food Lion Feeds deepens its extensive relationship with Feeding America®.
In addition to the volunteer tour, associates volunteer at hunger relief events year-round to support community feeding partners in their mission to nourish neighbors and increase access to nutritious food.
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