ROCK HALL — Rock Hall Seventh-day Adventist Church has received a $4,000 Nourishing Our Neighbors grant from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation.
The funds will support the church’s Blessing Bag program, which provides nutritious food to neighbors in Rock Hall and surrounding areas who are experiencing food insecurity.
The Blessing Bag program, launched five years ago, serves more than 70 families each week, according to a news release. For more information, see https://www.rockhallsda.org/blessing-bags.
In a written statement, Blessing Bag Director Vickie Anderson said: “This grant ensures that individuals, families and children have access to fresh and nutritious food throughout the year. We are grateful for Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation for providing hope and food to families in our community.”
The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation is the philanthropic arm of grocer retailer Food Lion, based in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Established in 2001, the foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to eliminating hunger.
The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation has provided nearly $23 million in grant funding, helping to nourish communities with fresh food for backpack programs, Kids Cafés and other hunger-relief programs as well as funding for long-term programs to help shorten the lines at food banks.
The charitable foundation partners with Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief agency, in addition to local food agencies serving the 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states in which Food Lion operates.
With a focus on hunger relief, Food Lion is a pioneer in food rescue.
Since 2014, the company’s hunger relief platform Food Lion Feeds has donated more than 1.5 billion meals to those who are food insecure. The retailer has committed to donate 3 billion meals by 2032, according to the news release.
