Each year, we recognize partners in every category of food bank operations. These partners are "heroes" to the thousands who are hungry in our community and these partners are working every day to end hunger in our region. Unfortunately, we cannot recognize every partner every year. We have tried to select those individuals, businesses, and agencies that best exemplified "partner of the year" during the 2018 calendar year.
For everyone that we recognized at our event, there are dozens of others that made important contributions as well. We thank you all.
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Congratulations to our award winners:
2018 Community Partnership AwardDavid Tepper Charitable Foundation
2018 Faith Based Partner AwardElevation Church
2018 Group Volunteer Partner AwardCMS - School Nutrition Services
2018 Group Volunteer Partner AwardWells Fargo
2018 Group Volunteer Partner AwardBank of America
2018 Individual Volunteer Partner AwardMichael Norris
2018 Individual Volunteer Partner AwardTom and Val McKernan
2018 Youth Partner AwardGirl Scouts, Hornets' Nest Council
2018 Youth Partner AwardStudent Hunger DriveProvidence High School
Ardrey Kell High School
Cabarrus Early College of Technology
Cannon School
Myers Park High School
East Mecklenburg High School
Cox Mill High School
Hickory Ridge High School
North Mecklenburg High School
2018 New Partner AwardBoingo Graphics
2018 New Partner AwardDean Foods
2018 New Partner AwardWilliams Subaru
2018 Special Event Partner AwardTaste of BonterraBonterra Restaurant
Chef Blake Hartwick
Ron and Stephanie Rivera
2018 Special Event Partner AwardNBA All-Star WeekThe NBA
NBA Charlotte Hornets
2018 Group Financial Partner AwardPublix
2018 Group Financial Partner AwardMerancas Foundation
2018 Group Financial Partner AwardSpringsteen Foundation
2018 Agency Partner AwardBackpack Ministry of Indian Trail
2018 Food Partner AwardTyson Foods
2018 Food Partner AwardSimpson's Eggs
2018 Lifetime Achievement AwardWalmart
2018 Frank Timberlake AwardKate Mora
2018 Lifetime Achievement AwardHendrick Automotive Group
2018 Ted Heyward AwardRick Hendrick and Ed Brown