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MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM Hosts Backpack Buddies Food Drive August 19 Radio Station Collecting Food Items for Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Program
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MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM will host its annual BackPack Buddies Food Drive Thursday, August 19th to help the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.
The drive will run from 6am until 7pm. Donations can be made at two different locations: Cary’s Crossroads Plaza and Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh.:
Over 91,000 children in a 7-county region rely on on free or reduced school lunches. The BackPack Buddies program provides backpacks filled with enough food for 6 healthy meals and 2 healthy snacks that kids take home weekends. The empty backpacks are collected after the weekend and refilled.
Click here for a list of items needed or to make a donation.
Thanks to WRAL-FM for this capcom story.