Charitable Foundation donates $10,000 to the Lowcountry Food Bank

The Lowcountry Food Bank announced the receipt of $10,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation to support child hunger-relief efforts in coastal South Carolina. According to the recent Map the Meal Gap 2018 study, more than 178,000 adults and 53,000 children face hunger in the Lowcountry.

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation provides grants to help support hunger relief programs in the communities it serves with a special focus on programs that help feed children in need. The Child Hunger Program grants cover the Lowcountry Food Bank Kids Café program to provide food to children who need it most.

This grant is part of a $165,000 gift to Feeding America and the nationwide network of food banks. A visionary partner of Feeding America, Food Lion has supported Feeding America for more than 17 years and has donated $8 million and more than 454 million pounds of food to hunger-fighting programs.

These Child Hunger Program grants cover programs like Kid’s Cafe, Afterschool and Summer Hunger Programs, in order to help children who need it most.”

The following Feeding America network members are receiving grants from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation:

• America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, Inc., Savannah, GA
• Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, Verona, VA
• Feeding America Southwest Virginia, Salem, VA
• FeedMore, Richmond, VA
• Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
• Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, Norfolk, VA
• Harvest Hope Food Bank, Columbia, SC
• Lowcountry Food Bank, Charleston, SC
• Maryland Food Bank, Baltimore, MD
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Winston-Salem, NC
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, Charlotte, NC
• Virginia Peninsula Food Bank, Hampton, VA

To learn how you can help fight hunger in your community, visit the Lowcountry Food Bank’s website at: http://www.lowcountryfoodbank. org