Matthews, N.C. - Harris Teeter today announced a donation of $16,660 in Harris Teeter gift cards to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern N.C. as part of its Big Four Grocery Assist promotion.

Harris Teeter joined forces with the Big Four schools in N.C. to donate $10 for every game day assist throughout the 2022 – 2023 basketball season. The Big Four schools include: Duke University; North Carolina State University; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Wake Forest University.

“The Big Four Grocery Assist promotion is a unique way for Harris Teeter to engage the local community while showing support to our collegiate partners and raising funds to help eliminate hunger,” said Danna Robinson, director of corporate affairs for Harris Teeter. “Harris Teeter is proud to partner with the Big Four schools to support the Food Bank of Central & Eastern N.C. and help enrich the lives of the communities in which we serve.”

The Big Four schools collectively had 1,666 game day assists throughout the season, totaling $16,660 in Harris Teeter gift cards. The donation will remain local to the Big Four schools, benefitting the Food Bank of Central & Eastern N.C. which serves families across its 34-county service territory, including Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Wake County. Each dollar donated to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern N.C. helps produce five meals, which means this donation will produce more than 83,000 meals for families in need.

“These results are incredible, and we’re so thankful to our partners at Harris Teeter for the impact this donation will have,” said Ashley McCumber, CEO for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. “These gift cards will help ensure families across our service areas have consistent access to nourishing food.”

Harris Teeter is committed to fighting hunger and raising awareness for hunger insecurity throughout the communities it serves. For more information about Harris Teeter’s community efforts, please visit our community page.

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About the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is a nonprofit organization that has provided food for people at risk of hunger in 34 counties in central and eastern North Carolina for 40 years. The Food Bank serves a network of nearly 700 partner agencies such as soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and programs for children and adults through warehouses in Durham, Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, the Sandhills (Southern Pines), and Wilmington. In fiscal year 2021-2022, the Food Bank distributed nearly 97 million pounds of food (over half of which was perishable) and non-food essentials through these agencies. Sadly, hunger remains a serious problem in central and eastern North Carolina. In these counties, more than 500,000 people struggle to access nutritious and adequate amounts of food necessary for an active and healthy life. Website available in Spanish and English: foodbankcenc.org.