Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation donates to Campus Harvest Food Pantry

Durham Technical Community College has received a $2,000 grant from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation to help stock the Campus Harvest Food Pantry.  

The Durham Tech Campus Harvest Food Pantry offers food to students at no charge. 

Alexandra Gooding, Campus Harvest Food Pantry Coordinator, said the pandemic has leveled the playing field and caused everyone to experience challenges.  

“This generous gift from Food Lion comes at a very appropriate time as inflation has suddenly popped up, so our same students and their families that were struggling because of COVID are still struggling now, hampered by inflation. It has been crucial to providing our students and their families with consistent pantry staples. It is because of organizations like Food Lion that we can help to relieve our students and their families of some of the hardships that come with buying food,” said Gooding. 

Durham Tech’s mission is to ensure that all students develop the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to be successful in college, work, and life. The College is committed to helping students access essential resources, such as healthy and nutritious food, to meet their basic needs and succeed in and beyond the classroom.  

Students interested in receiving food from the Campus Harvest Food Pantry can complete the Assistance Request Form.   

The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation is committed to supporting families facing food insecurity across its 10-state footprint. Established in 2001, the foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to feeding local neighbors in the communities it serves. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded more than $15 million in grants. 

About The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation  

The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C. Established in 2001, the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to eliminating hunger. The charitable foundation has provided more than $15 million in grant funding helping to nourish communities with fresh food for backpack programs, Kids Café's, 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.  For more information, visit www.foodlion.com/in-our-community. 

About Food Lion 

Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., since 1957, has more than 1,100 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 82,000 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. Through Food Lion Feeds, the company has donated more than 800 million meals to individuals and families since 2014 and has committed to donate 1.5 billion meals by 2025. Food Lion is a company of Ahold Delhaize USA, the U.S. division of Zaandam-based Ahold Delhaize. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com or job applicants may visit www.foodlion.com/careers.  

For more information, contact Desiree Towson, M.S., Communications and Public Relations Coordinator, at allisontowsond@durhamtech.edu.