Food Lion Grants $2,500

Pictured: (from left) Peyton Gravely, Backpack Program Coordinator - Community Storehouse, James Inman, Store Manager - Food Lion, Travis Adkins, Assistant Executive Director - Community Storehouse.

The Community Storehouse has received $2,500 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. The gift will be used to fund its Food for Kids: School Backpack Program. “We are more than appreciative of Food Lion’s efforts through grants and community involvement to help the needy in our community,” said Travis Adkins, assistant executive director.

The Community Storehouse is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty and hunger in Southside Virginia, since 2001. The agency’s Food for Kids: School Backpack Program focuses on underprivileged, school-aged children who rely on free breakfast and lunch for their reliable source of nutritious food, and provides them with backpacks full of child-friendly foods to last weekends when that source of food is not available.

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to improving the communities in which Food Lion operates. The Foundation places an emphasis on the support of primary and secondary education, feeding the hungry, and organizations that enhance the quality of life in Food Lion’s local communities.

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 73,000 associates in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states.