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Food City Shoppers Aid Local Animal Shelters

January 15, 2016 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 1 Comment

haskew and dogAbingdon, VA – The Food City Pet Club just recently wrapped up their annual Pet Hunger Drive – their most successful drive on record to date. 

The drive began on November 30th and ran through January 9th and included all of Food City’s area supermarkets.  During the promotion, Food City customers were invited to purchase special pre-packaged pet food bags for only $10.  The bags purchased were placed in a special collection bin for donation by Food City to local animal shelters.  100% of the food donated benefits local animal shelters throughout Food City’s market area. 

“Our local animal shelters are dedicated to providing rescue, rehabilitation and adoptive placement for abused and abandoned animals.  Food City is excited to partner with our valued customers to provide the shelters with much needed food supplies to help meet the needs of the animals in their care,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.   

While Food City’s 2014 campaign raised over $67,000, this year’s campaign raised an astounding $90,060 in food donations. 

“We would like to thank our loyal customers for helping make this significant contribution possible.  Their generosity will help feed numerous animals in need throughout our region,” adds Smith.

Filed Under: Community, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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