Meals Lion will donate 1,000 meals* for each Hornets dunk throughout January video games
January 2, 2023 – The Charlotte Hornets and Official Starvation Reduction Companion Meals Lion Feeds are in the present day kicking off the 2023 Dunk Starvation Meals Drive to learn Metrolina’s Second Harvest Meals Financial institution. In the course of the month of January, Meals Lion will donate 1,000 meals* for each dunk the Hornets document in residence and away video games. Based on Feeding America, North Carolina has the ninth highest charge of meals insecurity within the nation, and practically one in eight individuals, together with one in six youngsters, go hungry.
“We’re proud to proceed to group up with our pals at Meals Lion Feeds and Second Harvest Meals Financial institution to assist battle starvation,” mentioned Fred Whitfield, president and vice chairman of Hornets Sports activities & Leisure. “We get pleasure from this initiative yearly as a result of it’s one by which our gamers are immediately concerned by means of their play on the pitch. Final season, we logged 100 dunks for the month, which resulted in quite a lot of consuming.”
All donations immediately profit Metrolina’s Second Harvest Meals Financial institution, which yearly distributes 75 million kilos of meals in its 24-county service area. Followers can even help the initiative by attending any sport in January and cheering on the Hornets gamers as they try to get as many dunks as potential.
“We all know that lots of our neighbors are combating starvation, so we’re excited to as soon as once more accomplice with the Charlotte Hornets to handle meals insecurity within the cities and cities we serve,” mentioned Meg Ham, President of Meals Lion. “Feeding our neighbors is central to every thing we do at Meals Lion. We encourage Hornets followers and our communities to help this necessary trigger. Collectively, we may also help neighbors in want and finish starvation in Charlotte.”
“Second Harvest Meals Financial institution is so grateful to have companions just like the Charlotte Hornets and Meals Lion who work with us year-round to battle starvation,” mentioned Second Harvest Meals Financial institution of Metrolina CEO Kay Carter. “In the end, our purpose is to have a hunger-free neighborhood, and it is a step in that course.”
* Meals Lion will donate $100 for every dunk, the financial equal of 1,000 Feeding America method meals of $1 by offering a minimum of 10 meals on behalf of native member meals banks.