Two Area Law Firms Win In 2014 Legal Feeding Frenzy!

In the 2nd Annual Legal Feeding Frenzy, a food drive competition among North Carolina's law firms, 2 local firms won their respective categories which is based on the number of employees. Simonsen Law Firm from Chowan County and Rose, Harrison & Gilreath, P.C. from Dare County were both recognized as winners by Attorney General, Roy Cooper on April 24th at the North Carolina Bar Association in Cary, NC.

Seventy-nine teams participated in the event and raised over 340,000 pounds of food – the equivalent of 280,000 meals – and easily shattered the goal of 250,000 pounds.

Speakers at the awards ceremony included Allan Head, executive director of the North Carolina Bar Association; Alan Briggs, executive director of the N.C. Association of Food Banks; Clark Walton, YLD chair; and YLD Legal Feeding Frenzy co-chairs, Cabell Clay and Brian Scott.

The winning teams were:

Attorney General’s Cup (most overall pounds of food per employee)
Mason Law Office, PLLC, Raleigh (3,397.5 pounds per employee)
Tonya Mason accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Solo Practitioner (1-10 employees)
Simonsen Law Firm, PC, Edenton (1,850 pounds per employee)
Lars Simonsen accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Small Firm (11-50 employees)
Rose, Harrison & Gilreath, P.C., Kill Devil Hills (828.6 pounds per employee)
Peebles Harrison accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Medium Firm (51-100 employees)
Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A., Winston-Salem (76.4 pounds per employee)
Robin Stinson accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Large Firm (101 employees and up)
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte (headquarters) and RTP (139.7 pounds per person)
Cabell Clay accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Law School

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem (21.3 pounds per person)
Caleb Holloway accepted the award on behalf of the law school.

Most Pounds Collected
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem (headquarters), Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte (91,770.88 pounds)

Aulica Monroe accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Help us win $5,000 from Outnumber Hunger!

General Mills and their customers have been helping food banks across the nation fight hunger through Outnumber Hunger online through Dixie 105.7's Outnumber Hunger site! When a code is entered, General Mills will donate 55.5¢ to Feeding America and local food banks. Now in it's third year, the program allows customers who purchase specially marked General Mills products to enter a code

Many country music stars have been involved in this great program since the beginning. Artists like Florida-Georgia Line, The Band Perry and Rascal Flatts have helped get the word out about hunger in our communities.

This year, there is a new way to help food banks fight hunger with Outnumber Hunger! Now through May 19th, weekly awards of $5,000 will be awarded to the food bank with the most codes entered during that week! On May 26th, a grand prize of $50,000 will be awarded to the food bank with the most codes entered throughout the campaign!

Help us win $5,000 or $50,000 - the equivalent to approximately 20,000 and 200,000 meals for people in need! All you have to do is grocery shop and enter those codes!

North Carolina Representative Steinburg Visits the Food Bank

We had the pleasure of hosting NC Representative, Bob Steinburg, at the Food Bank of the Albemarle on Friday, April 11th. Our Director of Operations, Jim Thomas, gave Mr. Steinburg a tour of our facility and the work that we do on a daily basis.

We send our gratitude to Mr. Steinburg for spending some time with us and learning about our operation!