PITTSTOWN, NJ – In the wake of recent hurricanes devastating the southeastern United States, America’s Grow-a-Row is stepping up to support the thousands of families affected by the storm. The hurricane has left many struggling with limited resources and inadequate access to food.
To address this urgent need, America’s Grow-a-Row is working with Move for Hunger to deliver tractor trailers full of produce to food banks in the area. Move for Hunger delivered about 24,400 pounds of apples on October 10 th to Second Harvest of the Big Bend in Tallahassee, Florida. Move for Hunger will pick up an additional estimated 40,000 pounds of apples and squash on October 11 th to deliver to Feeding Charlotte, which is serving the Asheville, North Carolina area.
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The partnership has already mobilized efforts, as seen in the attached image of Move for Hunger’s tractor trailer loaded with pallets of apples at America’s Grow-a-Row’s Pittstown farm. Additionally, ReadyRefresh® is contributing pallets of Poland Springs water to these relief efforts, a generous connection facilitated by Murphy USA and Quick Chek.