General Information

 

Food Lion Hunger Relief Day

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011

 

Help us reach a 300,000 pound goal!

 

If fairgoers break last year’s record, the fair will donate $1,000 to the food bank.
If collections top 275,000 pounds, the fair will kick in $2,500.
And if collections reach 300,000 pounds, the fair will donate $5,000 to the food bank.

 

 

 

Help us "Stuff the Warehouse!"


Bring an extra can to help the less fortunate. Only four cans are required to receive one free admission ticket, but extra cans will be greatly appreciated!

View a behind-the-scenes tour of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC on the

Deep Fried @ The N.C. State Fair blog

 

Fairgoers can bring four cans of Food Lion brand food to the N.C. State Fair on Thursday, Oct. 20, to exchange for one free admission ticket.

Food Lion 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 16-year history of the event, more than 2 million pounds of food have been donated by fairgoers.

 

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.

  
 

2010: The Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC reported that 247,569 poundsof food was collected at the 2010 Food Lion Hunger Relief Day! This equates to 208,479 meals.