Georgia Southern University is one of 33 colleges and universities, and the only one in Georgia, participating in this year’s Food Lion Feeds Sack to Give Back Program. The correlating food bank that will benefit from GSU’s efforts is America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia. The program will donate 1,000 meals for every quarterback sack made.
Food Lion Feeds’ Sack to Give Back program returns this fall with a record number of 33 colleges and universities coming together to nourish neighbors in need. Through the innovative effort to tackle hunger, the omnichannel retailer will donate 1,000 meals (up to 30,000 meals per school) for every quarterback sack made by the participating institution to each school’s local Feeding America® member food bank. Since 2019, Food Lion Feeds has donated more than 1.3 million meals through the campaign.
The Sack to Give Back program also kicks off in September to align with Hunger Action Month, a time when Food Lion Feeds deepens its extensive existing partnership with Feeding America to raise awareness and inspire action to help people facing impossible choices resulting from food insecurity. In 2022, Food Lion Feeds’ Sack to Give Back program has expanded from 27 to 33 teams across Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. The unique program will benefit 16 Feeding America member food banks serving communities where each school is located.
“Food Lion is committed to fighting hunger in the towns and cities we serve, and what better way to rally support from our neighbors than in a football stadium during a quarterback sack,” said Kevin Durkee, Manager, Food Lion Feeds, Food Lion. “Hunger knows no boundaries, and this program enables us to educate our neighbors about food insecurity while engaging them in the fight against hunger. We wish all the participating schools a successful season both on the field and on the Sack to Give Back scoreboard.”
Full list of participating schools and correlating food banks which will benefit from each school’s efforts are:
| School |
School Location |
Food Bank Benefitting from Meal Donations |
| Appalachian State University |
Boone, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC |
| Bowie State University |
Bowie, MD |
Maryland Food Bank |
| Catawba University |
Salisbury, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina |
| Chowan University |
Murfreesboro, NC |
Food Bank of the Albemarle |
| Clemson University |
Clemson, SC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina |
| Coastal Carolina University |
Conway, SC |
Lowcountry Food Bank |
| East Carolina University |
Greenville, NC |
Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC |
| Elizabeth City State University |
Elizabeth City, NC |
Food Bank of the Albemarle |
| Elon University |
Elon, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC |
| Fayetteville State University |
Fayetteville, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast NC |
| Georgia Southern University |
Statesboro, GA |
America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia |
| James Madison University |
Harrisonburg, VA |
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank |
| Johnson C. Smith University |
Charlotte, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina |
| Liberty University |
Lynchburg, VA |
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank |
| Lincoln University |
Oxford, PA |
Food Bank of Delaware |
| Livingston College |
Salisbury, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina |
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
Greensboro, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC |
| North Carolina State University |
Raleigh, NC |
Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC |
| Old Dominion University |
Norfolk, VA |
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore |
| Shaw University |
Raleigh, NC |
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle |
| St. Augustine’s University |
Raleigh, NC |
Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC |
| Towson University |
Towson, MD |
Maryland Food Bank |
| University of Delaware |
Newark, DE |
Food Bank of Delaware |
| University of Maryland |
Adelphi, MD |
Capital Area Food Bank |
| University of North Carolina |
Chapel Hill, NC |
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle |
| University of Richmond |
Richmond, VA |
Feed More |
| University of Virginia |
Charlottesville, VA |
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank |
| Virginia State University |
Petersburg, VA |
Feed More |
| Virginia Tech University |
Blacksburg, VA |
Feeding Southwest Virginia |
| Virginia Union University |
Richmond, VA |
Feed More |
| Wake Forest University |
Winston-Salem, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC |
| William and Mary College |
Williamsburg, VA |
Virginia Peninsula Foodbank |
| Winston-Salem State University |
Winston-Salem, NC |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC |
