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Musician Bob Schmucker recognized there was a growing need to help food insecure families and began live streaming his music from home asking for donations to help support Feeding Southwest Virginia, one of the busiest food non profits in the region.
“I did it for the first 5 or 6 weeks myself, til I started running out of material, Schmucker remembers with a laugh. And then I just said, well, I’m gonna move this over to the coffee house and get all my buddies involved. ”
Schmucker is a volunteer at the Third Street Coffee House, an old cabin-like room in the basement of Trinity United Methodist Church in Roanoke. Since it’s not safe to have a room full of listeners and performers, he’s been hosting a new artist every Tuesday and live streaming the event. All proceeds have been donated to Feeding SW Virginia. To the tune of $7,690 since May.
Throughout the 2020 fall college football season, Food Lion Feeds partnered with eight colleges and universities to help nourish neighbors in need.
During the season, for every quarterback sack made by the participating college, Food Lion Feeds donated 1,000 meals to the schoolâs local food bank through the Sack to Give Back program.
âAt Food Lion, we care about nourishing our neighbors in need, and we were cheering on each school to rack up as many sacks as they could this football season,â said
Jennifer Blanchard, director of community relations for Food Lion. âWeâre proud of the hard work these student athletes did on the field to ensure our neighbors do not have to worry about where their next meal will come from this holiday season.â
Feeding Southwest Virginia donates food to hundreds ahead of the holidays
‘This is a way that we can reach a lot more people in a short period of time.’
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va – In a year where record-breaking unemployment has caused increased food insecurity in the United States, food banks have been working to meet the demand.
On Friday, Feeding Southwest Virginia provided hundreds of people with food before the holidays at Belmont Christian Church in Christiansburg
“Our tractor-trailer carries around 20,000 pounds of food, so we usually prepare for anywhere between 300-900 boxes to distribute,” said Feeding Southwest Virginia President
Pamela Irvine.