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Wayforth Collects Nearly 600 Lbs of Food during Community Food Drive

August 5, 2020

As more and more people started becoming food insecure due to COVID, Wayforth wanted to do something about it. Known for stress-free moving services, Wayforth hosted a community food drive in the Charlotte area to gather donations for the local food bank.

WayforthCOVID19CommunityFoodDrive2020 (9).jpg Beginning on June 15, Queen City residents could drop off food donations any time until the end of July at their home office in Charlotte. Over the course of six weeks, Wayforth was able to collect nearly 600 lbs of food - the equivalent of about 500 meals. Wayforth then delivered that food to Second Harvest Food Bank Metrolina located just outside of Uptown, Charlotte.

According to statistics from Feeding America, North Carolina has one of the worst food insecurity rates in the country with 1 in 7 people struggling to get food. In Mecklenburg County alone, over 125,000 people are considered food insecure and those numbers are only expected to get worse due to the pandemic.

We thank Wayforth and Charlotte residents for helping fight hunger one meal at a time. Want to start your own? Click here.

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