Hornets, Bank of America To Team For Week of Service Benefitting Five Local Nonprofits Addressing Community Needs nba.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nba.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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July 16, 2021
The two organizations will support a different local nonprofit each day during the week.
“We are excited to once again expand our Day of Service to be a Week of Service and team with Bank of America to support our community,” said Hornets President & Vice Chairman Fred Whitfield. “We have so many great nonprofits focusing on relief efforts in the areas of homelessness, basic needs and economic mobility, and we are proud to have this opportunity to assist several of them with the crucial work they do to help our neighbors.”
Hornets officials say more than 1,000 volunteers will work remotely on projects that impact nearly 20,000 individuals in the Charlotte community.
June 4, 2021 – The Charlotte Hornets Foundation today revealed the final donations that were made as part of the $75,000 in to-be-determined future contributions pledged last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 21, 2021 – The Charlotte Hornets and Official Hunger Relief Partner Food Lion Feeds are distributing 3,000 backpacks to local children facing food insecurity that include eight nutritious, ready-to-eat food items for weekends or holidays when school meals are not available.
In separate events earlier this month, the full Hornets team and a group of Hornets and Food Lion volunteers packed the backpacks, which are being distributed to students at more than 10 schools in the Charlotte area as part of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina’s Backpack Program. According to a 2020 study presented by Feeding America, one in five children struggles with hunger in North Carolina, and the Backpack Program provides over 200,000 backpacks annually across the 17 counties Second Harvest serves.
Charlotte Hornets And Food Lion Feeds Distributing 3,000 Backpacks For Children Facing Food Insecurity wccbcharlotte.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wccbcharlotte.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.