by Administrator
15. February 2012 12:23
Over the past two years of the North Carolina School of Science and Math’s Food Drive to benefit the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC, the school has collected a total of 879,875 pounds of food. Last year’s efforts made history, as the school surpassed the Guinness World Record for the largest food drive in 24 hours by collecting 559,885 pounds of food. This year – on March 3, 2012 – the NCSSM Food Drive will attempt to collect 120,125 pounds of food to surpass a three year total of ONE MILLION pounds! The one million pound mark equates to roughly 857,000 meals for those served by the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC.
Because we at the Partnership know what a full stomach means for families and for young children, we want to help. We are asking for your help in being part of food drive history.
From now until March 2nd, we will be collecting items for the drive here at the Partnership office and we will deliver them to NCSSM on Saturday, March 3rd. For those who wish to contribute, a collection box will be placed in the lobby at 1201 S. Briggs Ave., Durham, NC. Just drop off items and we’ll do the rest! See below for a list of most-needed items.
There is also an option for online donation through the NCSSM Virtual Food Drive. Every dollar donated through the NCSSM Virtual Food Drive will enable the Food Bank to directly purchase approximately 2.5 pounds of food, which will be added to the food collected at the NCSSM Food Drive.
For further questions, please contact the NCSSM Event Coordinator, Sue Anne Lewis, at ncssmfooddrive@gmail.com.
Thank you for helping NCSSM fight hunger across North Carolina!