Contacts:
Josh Braverman, Communication Director
Family Dollar – 704.814.3447
Marcia Wells, Communication Director
Mid-South Food Bank – 901-405-0073
** MEDIA ALERT **
Family Dollar Announces the “March to a Million Meals”
Benefiting Mid-South Food Bank
WHO:
Family Dollar and Mid-South Food Bank
WHAT:
First annual “March to a Million Meals”. Family Dollar will encourage customers to purchase $1,
$3, or $5 scan cards at all Mid-South Family Dollar locations. The funds raised will in turn be
donated to Mid-South Food Bank. The national “March to a Million Meals ” campaign continues
through March 31 and aims to generate 1,000,000 meals for the local communities.
WHEN:
Now through March 31, 2012
WHERE:
92 stores throughout west Tennessee, north Mississippi and east Arkansas
WHY:
With 396,000 people struggling with food insecurity in our region, Mid-South Food Bank fights
hunger by distributing nutritious food and other groceries through a network of charitable
feeding programs and child hunger programs.
About Family Dollar
Beginning with one store in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1959, the Company currently operates more than 7,100 stores in 45 states.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Fortune 300 company, is based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside of
Charlotte and is a publicly held company with common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDO. For more
information, please visit www.familydollar.com
About Mid-South Food Bank
Mid-South Food Bank serves 31 counties in west Tennessee, north Mississippi and east Arkansas. In 2011, Mid-South Food Bank
distributed 10.3 million pounds of food and essential grocery items to approximately 225 hunger feeding agencies including emergency
pantries, soup kitchens, senior programs, shelters and youth programs. Mid-South Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the
national food bank network.