Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton Teams up with Bank of America and Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina to Tackle Hunger in the Charlotte Reg

Written by: droseborough | 12/06/2011

Local Volunteer Event Supports Nationwide Gift for Opportunity™ fund; For Every $1 Donated, Bank of America will Contribute $2 to Support Feeding America’s “Give a Meal”

program, up to a total match of $500,000

WHAT:  To raise awareness around the growing risk of hunger and demand for food assistance, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will join 40 Bank of America employee volunteers at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina to stuff backpacks, prepare senior boxes, bag fresh produce and assemble special food boxes for the holidays.  Currently, there are more than 451,000 people living at or below the poverty level including 193,000 children and seniors in the 19 county region of North and South Carolina served by Second Harvest.  This is an increase of more than 60,000 people in the past two years.

Feeding America’s Give a Meal program gives holiday shoppers a chance to support a great cause by helping provide food to the nearly 49 million Americans who struggle with hunger.  For every $1 donated to Feeding America or local food banks via feedingamerica.org/BankofAmerica or bankofamerica.com/give, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will contribute an additional $2, up to a total match of $500,000.  This is in addition to a $1 million contribution to Feeding America.  This support is part of the bank’s ongoing efforts to address critical economic and social issues in the communities it serves, through the bank’s Gift for Opportunity™ fund, established to extend the impact of individual donations. 

WHO:   Cam Newton, quarterback, Carolina Panthers

              Charles Bowman, North Carolina and Charlotte market president, Bank of America

               Kay Carter, executive director, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina

 WHEN:  Tuesday, December 6, 2011
               10:30 a.m. – Noon
               Remarks @ 10:40 a.m.

WHERE:  Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
                500-B Spratt Street, Charlotte, NC 28206

CONTACT:           Nicole Nastacie, Bank of America                              Kay Carter, Second Harvest

                                704.995.5953                                                                      704.376.1785

                                nicole.nastacie@bankofamerica.com                     kcarter@secondharvest.org