Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Holds BackPack Buddies Kick Off

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

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Holds BackPack Buddies Kick Off
Local Food Rescue Charity Launches
Children’s Food Drive

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle will hold a kick off event for the BackPack Buddies Food Drive, a non-perishable food drive for children in need of weekend meals, on Saturday, July 1 at the American Way Thrift Store located at 2409 Crabtree Blvd. Donations are currently being accepted at both the Raleigh and Garner American Way Thrift Stores. Needed items include canned meats, crackers, juice boxes, and shelf-stable fruit cups. Drop off locations are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and on Sunday at the Raleigh store from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

“We are excited to hold the kick off event for the BackPack Buddies Food Drive,” said Jill Bullard, executive director of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. “Food donations from the cause will help provide children throughout the Triangle region weekend meals.”

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 10 trucks, a staff of 16 and more than 750 volunteers. Recognizing the need to help people become self-sufficient in order to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty, 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 National 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 5 million pounds of food annually.

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

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