Keene, NH – Piggly Wiggly supermarkets and C&S Charities, Inc. are proud to announce that they donated $25,000 from their South Carolina Golf Classic to the Lowcountry Food Bank for its BackPack Buddies program. The event, which was held on October 28, hosted more than 100 golfers at RiverTowne Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
John Owens, Vice President of Marketing and Merchandising for C&S Retail Services, thanked everyone who supported the event at a breakfast reception held at the club. John said, “The success of the event is really the result of the independent Piggly Wiggly owners, vendors, suppliers, and employees coming together to help a wonderful local cause. Together, we can do great things.”
Sponsors included:
Event Sponsors: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Snyder’s/Lance
Cart Sponsor: CSM Bakery Solutions
Beverage Sponsor: Nestle Waters
Breakfast Sponsor: Roger Wood
Lunch Sponsors: Pictsweet Farms, Carolina Pride, McCall Farms, Windmill Rice Company
Hole-in-One: Southern Eagle Distributing
at al er, resident C of the Lo country ood an , e ressed her ratitude for the enerosity of the olf Classic s onsors. She said, “ e are than ful for the resence of C S holesale rocers and the Piggly Wiggly supermarkets in our community and for their support of the Lowcountry Food Bank in our mission to lead the fight against hunger in our community. The commitment of C&S and Piggly Wiggly to community service and eliminating hunger, aligns perfectly with our mission. We are both in the business of feedin eo le and, to ether, e can ma e sure that no child in our community oes to bed hun ry!”
The donation supports the Lowcountry Food Bank’s mission to lead South Carolina’s fight against hunger in the state’s ten coastal communities. Locally, a staggering 1 in 4 children experiences hunger. Many kids rely on free or reduced meals offered at school and experience a food gap on weekends or when their schools are closed. The Lowcountry ood an ’s ac ac uddies ro ram provides children with nutritious, kid-friendly food to take home for the weekend. The program is active in 40 schools and distributes more than 3,200 backpacks every week.
The Food Bank is a proud member of the Feeding America network and operates from distribution centers in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, and Yemassee, SC.
Inspired by the success of this event, Piggly Wiggly and C&S Charities are partnering to make the South Carolina Golf Classic an annual event. The next South Carolina Golf Classic is tentatively scheduled for October 27, 2017.
About C&S Charities, Inc.
C&S Charities, Inc., established in 2010 by C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. to host fundraising events like this one, is a New Hampshire non-profit corporation recognized under IRC § 501(c)(3). It is a registered charity in South Carolina. Visit www.cscharities.org to learn more.
About C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., based in Keene, NH, is the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S. and the industry leader in supply chain innovation. Founded in 1918 as a supplier to independent grocery stores, C&S now services customers of all sizes, supplying more than 6,000 independent supermarkets, chain stores, military bases, and institutions with over 150,000 different products. To learn more, please visit www.cswg.com
About Piggly Wiggly Supermarkets
Piggly Wiggly was established on September 6, 1916 by Clarence Sunders in Memphis, Tennessee as the first self-service grocery store in the United States. Today, there are over 600 Piggly Wiggly supermarkets independently owned and operated in several states, including 48 located in South Carolina and Coastal Georgia.
