Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC
Receives Gift from Food Lion

Winston-Salem, NC – October 7, 2009 – Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC has received $20,000 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. The food bank will use the gift to support its childhood hunger programs—Kids Cafes and BackPack Programs.

 “More than 422,000 children in North Carolina are food insecure – unable to consistently access adequate amounts of nutritious food that is necessary for a healthy life,” said Clyde Fitzgerald, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank. “Even one hungry child is too many. The dismal ranking of our state regarding childhood hunger is totally unacceptable to all who are allied in feeding our hungry neighbors. Hunger is a solvable problem and we thank Food Lion for being such an important part of the solution.”

Kids Cafes address the growing problem of childhood hunger in urban communities by providing youth at risk of hunger with an evening meal, tutoring, and enrichment activities three nights a week throughout the year. The BackPack Program aims to address childhood hunger in rural communities by providing elementary school children at risk of hunger with backpacks full of nutritious, child-friendly foods to take home over the weekends during the school year. Second Harvest Food Bank provides grants to operate the programs and collaborates with its partner agencies, faith communities, schools and other community groups to manage day-to-day operations of the programs.

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry in the communities it serves.
Food Lion LLC is a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG). Food Lion LLC operates more than 1,300 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys and Reid’s. These stores meet local customer needs and preferences for the freshest and best quality products. Food Lion LLC employs approximately 74,000 associates in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states.