Children's Attention Home Receives Donation from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation
July 16, 2020
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Children's Attention Home has received $2,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation just in time to help feed local children in need. Children's Attention Home will use the gift to purchase food and provide nutritional education for the youth in its care.
“The Food Lion Charitable Foundation stepped in to provide for our children when they needed it most,” said Executive Director, Emily Parrish. “ With the current pandemic creating extra stress on resources, their support is helping bridge the gap and ensure our kids are not going hungry.”
This grant will provide resources to not only provide healthy, nutritious meals and snacks but will also provide assistance in nutrition education to instill healthy living habits for up to 42 children living at the Children's Attention Home. Children served at the Home come from backgrounds of abuse, neglect, abandonment, and homelessness, where food insecurity and poor eating habits are prevalent. While at the Home, children receive healthy meals and education in life skills that will help them build a foundation for healthy living.
Established in 2001, the Food Lion Feeds 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 $12 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 $12 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 1,000 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 68,000 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 500 million meals to individuals and families since 2014, and has committed to donate 1 billion more 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.
About the Children's Attention Home
For 50 years, the nationally-accredited Children's Attention Home has provided a safe and nurturing home for over 8,000 of the community's most vulnerable children. Through individualized care and compassionate support, the Home helps South Carolina foster children ages birth to 21 and homeless youth ages 17 up to 21 on their path towards healthy independence and sustainable success. For more information about the Children's Attention Home and ways to support, visit attentionhome.org or call 803-328-8871.
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“The Food Lion Charitable Foundation stepped in to provide for our children when they needed it most,” said Executive Director, Emily Parrish. “ With the current pandemic creating extra stress on resources, their support is helping bridge the gap and ensure our kids are not going hungry.”
This grant will provide resources to not only provide healthy, nutritious meals and snacks but will also provide assistance in nutrition education to instill healthy living habits for up to 42 children living at the Children's Attention Home. Children served at the Home come from backgrounds of abuse, neglect, abandonment, and homelessness, where food insecurity and poor eating habits are prevalent. While at the Home, children receive healthy meals and education in life skills that will help them build a foundation for healthy living.
Established in 2001, the Food Lion Feeds 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 $12 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 $12 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 1,000 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 68,000 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 500 million meals to individuals and families since 2014, and has committed to donate 1 billion more 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.
About the Children's Attention Home
For 50 years, the nationally-accredited Children's Attention Home has provided a safe and nurturing home for over 8,000 of the community's most vulnerable children. Through individualized care and compassionate support, the Home helps South Carolina foster children ages birth to 21 and homeless youth ages 17 up to 21 on their path towards healthy independence and sustainable success. For more information about the Children's Attention Home and ways to support, visit attentionhome.org or call 803-328-8871.
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