MIX 101.5 Employees Continue to Help Backpack Buddies

Backpacks filled with food await the needy school children who wlil take them home for the weekend.

MIX 101.5 employees volunteer to stuff backpacks.

On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, a group of WRAL-FM employees spent an hour at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle near downtown Raleigh. The MIX volunteers donated their time to stuff bag for the Backpack Buddies Program.

In August, MIX held a food drive for the program, collecting 7,116 pounds of food and almost $6,000 in monetary donations.

Some volunteers worked from noon to 1pm and another group from 4-5pm. Both groups working together stuffed a total of 175 bags.

Thanks to WRAL-FM’s Luanne Tart for some of these capcom photos.

WRAL-FM Volunteers for Backpack Buddies

WRAL-FM's Lori Rentsch (left) & WRAL-FM's Lorraine Chapin work the assembly line.
NCNN's Joe Cupolo (l to r), WRAL-FM's Darlene Gidron, WRAL-FM's Luanne Tart & WRAL-FM's Kay Riffle make the "work" fun.
NCNN's Deborah Thomas (left) & NCNN's Joe Cupolo work the noon slot.
WRAL-FM's Luanne Tart helps keep the bags moving.
The 4pm crew gets down to business.
WRAL-FM's Jami Elizondo works the line.
Some WRAL-FM employees bring their children to help with the backpacks.
WRAL-FM's Beth Littsey starts the assembly line.
WRAL-FM's Deana Yeomans works her part of the line.
The WRAL-FM volunteers stuffed 175 bags.

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MIX 101.5 Employees Continue to Help Backpack Buddies

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