BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
From now through July 9th, residents within the Baton Rouge Food Bank's 11-parish service area will have the opportunity to make an impulse purchase that will help to change the face of hunger throughout the Baton Rouge community. In addition to routine grocery purchases, shoppers can also "Check Out Hunger" by conveniently adding a $1, $3, or $5 donation to their grocery bill during this five-week campaign.
Check Out Hunger displays can be found at the following participating grocery stores:
- All Baton Rouge Albertsons
- Benedetto's Market
- Bet-R-Store
- Big B's Supermarket
- Calvin's Bocage Supermarket
- Daigle's Supermarket
- Hi Nabor Supermarkets
- Hubben's Supermarket
- Lamendola's Supermarket
- Matherne's Supermarkets
- Langlois' Grocery
- Reeve's Supermarket
- Tureau's Grocery
Drop off food items at participating Neighbors Federal Credit Union locations.
The Top 10 reasons to give to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
- Provides the hungry with one of life's most basic needs - FOOD.
- For every $1 donated, the Food Bank provides 7 meals.
- A full barrel of donated food will feed a family of 4 for 2 weeks.
- Feeds children, the elderly, the working poor, and the homeless.
- Serves 11 parishes surrounding and including East Baton Rouge Parish.
- Distributed over 11.1 million pounds of food in 2010.
- Louisiana is ranked #1 in children under the age of 5 who are food insecure; nearly 1 in 4 children.
- Volunteers donated over 25,000 hours of time, equaling to the work of 12 full-time employees.
- Operates efficiently; administrative costs are only 1.32%.
- Is 1 of 11 Louisiana charities with a "Four Star Charity" rating from Charity Navigator - 1 of only 2 in Baton Rouge.
WAFB and My BR TV-WBXH are proud to help sponsor the 17th annual Check Out Hunger campaign. All proceeds will benefit the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and, more importantly, the 7,300 people it serves daily.
