Chattanooga Area Food Bank

🐷🏦Sign up your kiddos for our piggy bank challenge today! Get the whole family involved in nourishing our neighbors by helping them host their own fundraiser, collecting change in their piggy bank and through online donations. The winner will be invited on-air during the Local 3 News Share Your Christmas Day event! Link to sign up and more info here: https://lnkd.in/eN2CQDWV

Emily Blackwell is a dedicated journalist with a strong commitment to community service. With over a decade of experience in broadcast news, she currently serves as the assistant news director at Local 3 News. She is a new mother to identical twin girls and her passions include traveling with her husband. "I joined the board of directors because my work with the Share Your Christmas food drive opened my eyes to the many faces of hunger in our community. The Chattanooga Area Food Bank is not just focused on feeding those in need; their mission is to eliminate hunger altogether. I am honored to contribute to their goals and collaborate on solutions that make a real difference." We're so lucky to have you aboard, Emily! 🌟🙏🍎

🌟Congrats to Carmen Patty, our September Volunteer of the Month! Volunteers drive our mission forward every day, and we are so thankful for Carmen's dedication and consistency! 🍎 #VolunteerOfTheMonth #TNVolunteers

Our Foxwood Food Center served 3,751 households in September alone! Many of the 220,490 pounds distributed were made up fresh produce, like the beautiful variety of berries we've had this week. It's so important to serve our neighbors with the best products we can. 🫐🍓🍒💜 Foxwood is open Mon-Thurs from 9-4 and Fri from 9-12 at 3209 Wilcox Blvd. Guests can receive food once every 30 days. Walk-ins are welcome!

We hope y'all had as much fun as we did! Thank you, WizKid Products for transforming the flower beds at our Dalton warehouse. Come back soon! Is your organization looking to give back through a fun, team-building opportunity? Check out our group volunteer opportunities here: https://lnkd.in/eXKTeN2b

We had SO MUCH FUN hosting our inaugural Nooga Hunger Walk Run!🤩 Over 350 community members showed up and showed out to support families in our region, and we couldn't be more proud. Funds raised will provide 150,000 meals across our 20-county footprint. 🏃🚶♀️🏃♂️🚶🏃♀️🚶♂️ Thank you so much to our sponsors who made the day possible. #bettertogether

This weekend, we served 147 families during our mobile pantry at Southeast Whitfield County High School in Georgia! Thank you to Debo's Diners for your sponsorship and helping hands! #bettertogether #onewhitfield

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Shaw Industries Risk Management Team, who volunteered at our Dalton Warehouse on Friday. Together, we can achieve so much more! 🌟 #Teamwork #Gratitude #Community

We recently wrapped up our 2nd Annual Freight Food Fight! Ten teams worked hard to feed our neighbors by volunteering and hosting a food and fund drive! We are so grateful for this group; together they helped provide 85,000 meals to our neighbors! The winners of the 2nd Annual Freight Food Fight are LYNC Logistics, LLC in the small group category, Lipsey Logistics Worldwide LLC in the medium group category, and Schnellecke Logistics USA in the large group category! Thank you everyone for making this a blast!!! #FreightFoodFight #EndHunger

Many (little) hands make light work! We brought the materials but the Avondale Community Center kids brought the muscle and hard work! Over 20 kids from the center helped us build 4-4'x8' raised beds that will soon be planted with fall vegetables. If they are even half as excited to garden as they were to use a drill, the garden will be a huge success 🙂 A huge THANKS to our partners for making this garden come to life - Chattanooga Public Library - Avondale branch, Floating Tree, Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors Parks & Rec and the HAMILTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Step One Garden Grant.