Contributed photo _ From left, Melissa Blevins, President & CEO Chattanooga Food Bank; Matt Day, Food City Store Manager; Jeremey Bynum, Food City Store Manager; Jaci Kazy, Food City Special Events Manager; Nicole Dashler, Food City Store Manager; Summer Simmions, Chief Development Officer Chattanooga Food Bank; Angela Nicholette , Chief Operations Officer Chattanooga Food Bank.

ABINGDON, VA – Food City is once again participating in WRCB-Local 3’s Share Your Christmas™ Food Drive to benefit the Chattanooga Area Food Bank. Share Your Christmas™ has benefitted local hunger relief programs throughout the region for 40 years.

“Food City is proud to be a partner of Local 3’s Share your Christmas™ providing much-needed assistance to many of our friends and neighbors in need,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.

Beginning November 6 and continuing through December 31, customers are invited to make a $1, $3 or $5 contribution as they checkout at area Food City locations. Specially marked collection containers are also available inside the store for those wishing to make non-perishable food donations. One hundred percent of the proceeds benefit local hunger relief programs throughout the region.

“Millions of Americans need food assistance each year. Local 3’s Share Your Christmas™ is one way we can help those in need right here in our own community,” says Kevin Stafford, Food City vice president of marketing.

“Thanks to the support of our loyal customers and associates, last year’s program was a huge success, and we hope to raise even more this year,” says Smith.

Overall, last year’s effort brought in $514,764 and 96,245 pounds of food, which provided more than 1,624,496 meals to those in need.

About Food City

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 157 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, north Georgia, and Alabama.