Big Y donates 126,000 pounds of food
Big Y donates 126,000 pounds of food
In a chain-wide effort to help the hungry within their local communities, Big Y’s fourth annual Sack Hunger/Care To Share program brought 15,741 bags of food to local charities.
Sack Hunger bags are large brown reusable grocery bags filled with staple non-perishable food items for local food banks. Customers purchase a Sack Hunger bag of groceries for $10 and Big Y distributes the food to that region’s local food bank. In turn, the food banks distribute the filled “sacks” to area soup kitchens, food pantries, senior food programs, daycare centers, as well as many of their other member agencies.
All of the donated sacks are distributed within the supermarket’s marketing area so every donation stays within the local community. Since its inception four years ago, over 55,000 bags have been donated to area needy via Big Y’s Sack Hunger Program. This year’s Sack Hunger ran from Oct. 31 through Dec. 31.
“Our Sack Hunger program makes it easy to provide nutritious, non-perishable staple food to those less fortunate within our community," said Charles L. D’Amour, president and chief operating officer. "We are grateful to our customers who helped to support our friends and neighbors in need. In fact, all of their donated food has already been distributed to our area food banks.”
All five food banks within Big Y’s marketing area are participating in Sack Hunger. These food banks represent over 2,100 member agencies throughout the region. They are the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, The Greater Boston Food Bank, Worcester County Food Bank, Foodshare of Greater Hartford, and The Connecticut Food Bank.
