There is no summer vacation from hunger. That’s why Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP (DHG) is hosting its fifth annual “Count the Cans: Community Collection Day” along with the Four Points by Sheraton Charleston and media partners WCHS TV-8/FOX 11. The event will be held Thursday, June 23 and benefit Mountaineer Food Bank, which serves 48 counties and 425 feeding programs in West Virginia. The collection will be held from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton in downtown Charleston.
“The food bank distributed more than 11 million pounds of food in 2015, and we want to do our part to help our fellow West Virginians,” says Rick Slater, managing partner for DHG. “There is always a need, and that’s why our firm is behind the effort.”
You won’t even have to get out of your car to donate! Just enter from Kanawha Boulevard onto Summers Street and go through the drop off line at the Four Points by Sheraton’s main entrance, where representatives will collect your food item donations. You can then exit onto Laidley Street.
Any non-perishable, canned food items are welcome. The most needed items are peanut butter, cereals, boxed meals (i.e. Hamburger Helper), canned meats and vegetables, snack bars and other canned foods.
Food banks have an increased need for donations in the summer months because children who rely on school meals are out of school and there are fewer donations from the general public due to summer schedules and vacations. Plus, you never know when disaster will strike, as was the case of the summer 2012 derecho storms.
“One in six people in West Virginia will visit a food pantry, soup kitchen or shelter in 2016,” says Chad Morrison, executive director for the Mountaineer Food Bank. “Donations will help keep food on the table for families and children in West Virginia communities.”
Make your summer count and join DHG, Four Points by Sheraton and WCHS TV-8/FOX 11 on Thursday, June 23 in supporting Mountaineer Food Bank in the fight against hunger in the Mountain State.
