Lidl Donates 800 Turkeys To Second Harvest Food Bank Of Metrolina
CHARLOTTE, NC — Thanksgiving is coming early for hundreds of Charlotte metro families. This week, Lidl grocery store will begin distributing 800 turkeys donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina as part of its annual holiday giving campaign, it announced Tuesday.
The 800 turkeys will be handed over to the food pantry on Friday, Nov. 13, then distributed through school-based mobile pantries leading up to the holiday, Lidl said.
“Over 553,000 people in our 24 county service region live at or below the poverty level, including 188,000 children and almost 48,000 seniors,” Kay Carter, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina CEO said in a statement. “It is important for us to provide our agency partners with healthy food, and we are thankful to Lidl for helping us make sure that there will be a Thanksgiving meal for children, families, seniors, and veterans who struggle with hunger.”
The grocer also aims to fill shelves of local food pantries.
Says Lidl: "In addition to the turkey donation, starting Wednesday, November 11, Lidl will provide its customers with the opportunity to purchase $5 hunger relief bags during checkout. Lidl will match each donation up to 10,000 bags and will distribute the hunger relief bags to locally-affiliated Feeding America food banks at the conclusion of the campaign. Each bag will contain shelf-stable items, such as tuna, pasta and canned vegetables, that are in demand at local food banks."
More information about Lidl's holiday giving campaign may be found here.
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