Albemarle Co. students walking miles to feed the hungry Food drive donations (Source: WVIR) By Rachel Hirschheimer | December 15, 2020 at 10:21 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 10:21 AM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Students from Jackson P. Burley Middle School and Leslie H. Walton Middle School are walking miles to help those who are struggling with food insecurity, one canned good at a time.
“We’re walking miles with smiles because we’re using our feet to help others eat,” Burley Middle School Coach Harold Boyd said.
For two years, Burley Middle School has collected canned goods at basketball games. But since the coronavirus pandemic put sports on hold, the school immediately had to switch gears.
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Harrisonburg City Public Schools will be partnering with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank later this month to deliver boxes of food to less fortunate children and their families.
The school division typically provides the food boxes throughout the school year but during the winter break, the Food Bank will be picking up the slack.
Executive director of school nutrition Andrea Early said during last night’s school board meeting that she is thrilled about the partnership with the food bank.
While there will be a limited supply of these boxes, Early says they’ve calculated which schools to send the most boxes to based on who needs them the most throughout the year.
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Sinking Shots to Help Feed Local Neighbors
Food LionDecember 11, 2020 GMT
SALISBURY, N.C., Dec. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Food Lion Feeds is passing assists to 17 Delaware, North Carolina and Virginia colleges and universities this men’s basketball season to help feed neighbors in need. For each foul shot swished by participating schools, Food Lion Feeds will donate 100 meals to the school’s local food bank or pantry, up to 30,000 meals per school.
The Score to Give More program started November 25 and runs through the men’s basketball season.