Backpack Buddies Food Drive for Central North Carolina

Crabtree Valley Mall Remote.

I had no idea that waking up late today would have such a profound effect on my day, and prompt me to help others. I usually walk my third-grader to the bus stop every morning, but fortunately we woke up late today and I had to drive her to school. That meant we could listen to her favorite morning show on Mix 101.5 with Bill Jordan, Lynda Loveland, Vanna Fox and the rest of the crew.

Today was the kick off for Mix’s annual Backpack Buddies Food Drive with the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. I remembered hearing something about it earlier in the week, but honestly didn’t pay that much attention to it until today, when I heard Bill Jordan talking statistics with some members of the Food Shuttle.

They said approximately 91,000 kids receive free and reduced lunch in our 7-county* listening area, and that means a lot of them are possibly going hungry over the weekend. Bill went on to say that we could fill the RBC Center, home of the NHL Carolina Hurricanes, 4.5 times to equal the amount of hungry children in our area.

As a mom, I can’t imagine what it must feel like to not have enough food to feed to mychildren. So, I went to Target and picked up a few kid-friendly healthy options to donate at Crabtree Valley Mall today.

Mix 101.5 and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle will be doing live remotes today at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh and Crossroads Plaza in Cary until 6:00 pm.

They have a goal to raise $20,000 by 6:00 pm today, as of 11:30 am they were just over $15,000.

For more information, please visit one of the following links:

Mix 101.5 / WRAL- FM

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Blog

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Web site

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*91,000 children receive free and reduced lunch in a 7-County Area of North Carolina, which includes: Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Johnston, Edgecombe, and Nash counties, according to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.