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Musician Bob Schmucker recognized there was a growing need to help food insecure families and began live streaming his music from home asking for donations to help support Feeding Southwest Virginia, one of the busiest food non profits in the region.
“I did it for the first 5 or 6 weeks myself, til I started running out of material, Schmucker remembers with a laugh. And then I just said, well, I’m gonna move this over to the coffee house and get all my buddies involved. ”
Schmucker is a volunteer at the Third Street Coffee House, an old cabin-like room in the basement of Trinity United Methodist Church in Roanoke. Since it’s not safe to have a room full of listeners and performers, he’s been hosting a new artist every Tuesday and live streaming the event. All proceeds have been donated to Feeding SW Virginia. To the tune of $7,690 since May.
Feeding Southwest Virginia donates food to hundreds ahead of the holidays
‘This is a way that we can reach a lot more people in a short period of time.’
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va – In a year where record-breaking unemployment has caused increased food insecurity in the United States, food banks have been working to meet the demand.
On Friday, Feeding Southwest Virginia provided hundreds of people with food before the holidays at Belmont Christian Church in Christiansburg
“Our tractor-trailer carries around 20,000 pounds of food, so we usually prepare for anywhere between 300-900 boxes to distribute,” said Feeding Southwest Virginia President
Pamela Irvine.
Kroger donates turkeys as Part of Touchdowns for Turkeys partnerships with UVA, Virginia Tech
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Kroger made two donations of 400 turkeys – to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and Feeding Southwest Virginia – through its Touchdowns for Turkeys program.
Kroger had pledged at the outset of the 2020 football season to donate 10 turkeys for every touchdown scored by the UVA and Virginia Tech football teams.
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