Feeding Southwest Virginia has received a $50,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation to purchase 4,500 pre-packaged food boxes that each will feed a family of four for four days. This means nearly 17,500 individuals struggling with hunger will be fed through this funding.
The grant is part of the financial services company’s Truist Cares initiative, a $25 million philanthropic pledge announced in March to support basic needs, medical supplies and financial hardship relief due to COVID-19.
“This grant is particularly timely,” said Pamela Irvine, the president and CEO of Feeding Southwest Virginia. “We were experiencing crisis-level shortages of food to help feed the region’s food insecure who are unable to adequately feed their families. No one deserves to be hungry. We are very grateful for this large-scale grant from Truist.”
“We are pleased to support Feeding Southwest Virginia in its mission of eliminating hunger in our communities,” said David Camden, Virginia-West regional president for Truist. “At Truist, we’re committed to helping people in our communities who are struggling to fulfill basic needs during this difficult time.”
Feeding Southwest Virginia was founded in 1981. The Food Bank is an affiliate member of Feeding America. For the last 3 and a half decades, the Food Bank’s ultimate mission has been the elimination of hunger in its 26-county, nine-city region.
The primary function of the Food Bank is to secure and distribute large quantities of food for the hungry. Approximately $33 million worth of food and grocery related products are channeled annually through a network of more than 350 partner-feeding programs.
