Golden Harvest Food Bank, a member of the Feeding America® network, announced today the receipt of a refrigerated truck and an additional $52,000 to assist with mobile food distributions across the food bank’s 25 county service area in Georgia and South Carolina. The Darden Restaurants, Inc. Foundation -- the charitable arm of Darden Restaurants -- Lineage Logistics, and Penske collaborated on this opportunity to help provide food to neighbors facing hunger.

The food bank will reveal the new truck at its Augusta location at 3310 Commerce Drive on September 28, 2022 at 10 am.

“1 in 8 in our service area are food insecure and we are seeing more of our neighbors reach out for food assistance as a result of inflation,” said Amy Breitmann, President & CEO of Golden Harvest Food Bank. “We are proud to partner with the Darden Restaurants Foundation, the Lineage Foundation for Good, and Penske. During this time of heightened need, the addition to our food bank’s fleet of vehicles is welcomed and appreciated.”

“Families face hunger in every community across the country; your neighbor, child’s classmate or even co-worker may be struggling to get enough to eat. Darden and the Darden Restaurants Foundation are proud to partner with Feeding America member food banks to address the significant issue of hunger in a tangible and meaningful way,” said Stephanie Ghertner, Executive Director of the Darden Restaurants Foundation.

The new truck will assist Golden Harvest Food Bank with transporting food to its network of over 300 partner agencies and programs including the Backpack Program partnership with schools in the area and produce distributions to the community.

Ten Feeding America member food banks were recipients of this grant, valued at more than $2.3 million.

To learn more about how you can join the fight to end hunger, visit www.goldenharvest.org.