Topic: Community-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 11/25/2020
Saga Communications’ WAFX-FM and WNOR-FM Hampton Roads, Va. collected more than a million meals to help feed local families during the 24th annual Mayflower Marathon food drive, held the weekend of November 20. The collected donations benefit the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank and the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore .
Foodbanks have seen a substantial rise in need due to the ongoing pandemic.
“In the most challenging year ever for the Foodbanks, our listeners and client partners donated enough money and food to create more than 1.1 Million meals for people in Hampton Roads,” said WAFX-FM and WNOR-FM brand manager, Mike Beck.
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