Nicole Bucalo Named To Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Board Of Directors

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For Immediate Release Contact: Patty Briguglio (919) 233-6600

Nicole Bucalo Named To Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Board Of Directors
Public Relations Account Executive To Foster Community Support
For Local Non-Profit Organization

RALEIGH, N.C. – Nicole Bucalo, Account Executive at MMI Associates, Inc., a Raleigh-based marketing and public relations firm, has been named to the Board of Directors for the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. As a board member, Bucalo will help grow awareness of the organization and gain community support. The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle alleviates hunger in the community by developing programs to discover, prepare and distribute food to the poor, undernourished and homeless.

“I am honored to serve on the Board of Directors,” said Bucalo. “Hunger is a very important issue, and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle does an excellent job of working to eliminate hunger in our community.”

About Nicole Bucalo:
Nicole Bucalo is an Account Executive for MMI Associates, Inc., a Raleigh-based full-service marketing and public relations firm. Bucalo, a South Carolina native who resides in Raleigh, obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications from Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and has a broad range of experience in media relations, marketing and event management.

About the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle:
The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a nationally recognized non-profit organization serving seven counties in North Carolina. Since its inception in 1989, the food rescue outfit has grown from a small grassroots movement operating out of the back of a station wagon to a nationally renowned authority in the area of perishable food recovery and hunger relief. The organization now has a fleet of 12 trucks, a staff of 27 and more than 400 volunteers. Recognizing the need to help people become self-sufficient, the Food Shuttle added the Fisherman’s Project in 1998, providing culinary job training and life-skills for unemployed and underemployed men and women. The Food Shuttle has been nationally recognized, featured in publications as diverse as Southern Living, Franklin Covey’s Priorities Magazine, and Prentice Halls’ 9th grade 2001 civics textbook. The Food Shuttle has won the Excellence in Food Rescue Award three times and is a member of the President’s Circle of America’s Second Harvest. More important than any recognition, the Food Shuttle enjoys broad community support with volunteers donating over 45,000 hours each year and over 300 food donors contributing over 3 million pounds of food annually.


Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com

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