THANK YOU for helping us exceed our goal!
Fairgoers donated 237,534 pounds of food on
Food Lion Hunger Relief Day!
Food Lion Hunger Relief Day at the Fair
is Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
| Help us "Stuff the Warehouse!" Bring an extra can to help the less fortunate and help us raise 200,000 pounds of food! |
Fairgoers can bring four cans of food to the N.C. State Fair on Thursday, Oct. 22, to receive free admission at Food Lion Hunger Relief Day at the Fair.
Hunger Relief Day at the Fair is one of the largest one-day canned-food drives in the state, held each year to benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. In the 14-year history of the event, more than 2 million pounds of food have been donated by fairgoers.
This is Food Lion’s sixth year sponsoring the popular event. The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina will distribute the cans to needy people and hunger-relief agencies in a 34-county area surrounding Raleigh, as well as with Second Harvest Food Banks in other regions, such as Fayetteville, Winston-Salem and Elizabeth City.
Food Bank volunteers and employees of Food Lion and the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will exchange cans for Fair tickets.
