Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels Receives Gift from Food Lion

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels has received $3,500.00 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation just in time for summer to help feed home-bound seniors and disabled individuals in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and southern Orange County. This gift will be used to offset the subsidy provided to those clients who are unable to pay for their own meals.

“We appreciate the support Food Lion gives us and their interest in the health and well-being of our community,” said Executive Director Stacey Yusko.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels has served the community for nearly 40 years. The Meals on Wheels program provides meals Monday through Friday to more than 150 recipients in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and southern Orange County. Nutritionally-approved meals are prepared by K&W Cafeteria and supplemented with fruit, milk and desserts. More than 33,000 meals were delivered in 2013.

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry in the communities it serves. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded more than $9 million in grants.

Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., since 1957, now has more than 1,100 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 63,000 associates. By leveraging its longstanding heritage of low prices and convenient locations, Food Lion is working to own the easiest full shop grocery experience in the Southeast, anchored by a strong commitment to affordability, freshness and the communities it serves. Food Lion is a company of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of Brussels-based Delhaize Group. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com.

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