Couple raises money to help launch food bank satellite site
NANCY MCLAUGHLIN, News & Record
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) The team met around a table on a Sunday morning in early 2020 as coronavirus cases across the country had begun dominating the national news.
The country was grinding to a halt and Eric Aft, CEO of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, knew the hunger problem would no doubt get worse. Second Harvest is one of nine regional Feeding America food distribution operatives across the state.
At the time, the Winston-Salem-based operation, which covers an 18-county area including Guilford, had several projects on the table. The agency moves tons of donated food to nonprofit organizations locally that help the hungry, ranging from Greensboro Urban Ministry to the food pantries at local colleges.