Lowcountry Food Bank receives $50,000 donation from Norfolk Southern
June 24, 2025
Lowcountry Food Bank (LCFB) announced it has been awarded $50,000 in grant funding from Norfolk Southern Corporation to support its mission in the 10 coastal counties that LCFB serves. Through the food distributions supported by Norfolk Southern, we were able to distibute more than 110,000 pounds of nutritious food, including fresh produce to 3,328 households throughout coastal South Carolina.
Mobile food distributions can travel to areas with limited access to grocery stores and food banks, reach remote communities, such as rural areas that have no grocery stores, and are designed to conveniently reach neighbors who need food assistance if transportation barriers are an issue. Mobile distributions enable fast, flexible delivery of perishable food, and they help break down barriers that prevent families, students, seniors and others from getting access to healthy food.
“This funding has an immediate impact on the work we do,” said Nick Osborne, LCFB President and CEO. “We’re thankful to Norfolk Southern for investing in our community and for supporting our mission.”
The grant is part of two community programs launched by Norfolk Southern in 2023: the Safety First Grant Program, which seeks to advance safety organizations and initiatives, and the Thriving Communities Grant Program, which aims to promote economic opportunity, support vibrant community life, and provide equal access to basic necessities. Award recipients are selected annually from across the railroad’s 22-state network.
About the Lowcountry Food Bank: Feed. Advocate. Empower.
The Lowcountry Food Bank serves the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina and distributed more than 45 million pounds of food in 2024. The Lowcountry Food Bank helps fight hunger by distributing food to more than 240 partner agencies including on-site meal programs, homeless shelters and emergency food pantries. The Lowcountry Food Bank advocates on behalf of those who experience hunger and helps empower people to make healthy and nutritious food choices. For more information, go to the Lowcountry Food Bank website at lowcountryfoodbank.org.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network.
Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid approximately 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America.
Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country’s population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
