WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary Athletics is partnering with Food Lion Feeds to help feed neighbors in need during the 2020-21 basketball season with the Score to Give More Program.
 
For each made free throw during the men's basketball season, Food Lion Feeds will donate 100 meals to the school's local food bank or pantry, up to 30,000 meals per school. The Tribe's success at the charity stripe will benefit the Virginia Peninsula Food Bank.
 
Early returns are good for the Green and Gold and the Virginia Peninsula Food Bank with the Tribe ranking among the national leaders in free throw shooting at 79.4% and averaging 14 made free throws per game.
 
In its second year, the Score to Give More program started November 25 and runs through the men's basketball season. W&M is one of 17 universities across Delaware, North Carolina and Virginia to partner with Food Lion Feeds.
 
"We're excited to partner with these great schools to help fight hunger in their local communities and beyond," said Jennifer Blanchard, director of community relations for Food Lion, on the Score to Give More program. "Far too many of our neighbors are forced to make impossible choices between things like gas and groceries, or dinner and rent. 'Score to Give More' is another way we can work together to help end hunger in the towns and cities we serve."
 
Van Wagner, William & Mary's multimedia rights and campus-wide solutions partner, was responsible for securing this partnership.
 
To learn more about Food Lion Feeds or its "Holidays Without Hunger" campaign, visit www.foodlion.com/feeds.
 
About Food Lion
Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., since 1957, has more than 1,000 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 77,000 associates. By leveraging its longstanding heritage of low prices and convenient locations, Food Lion is working to own the easiest full shop grocery experience in the Southeast, anchored by a strong commitment to affordability, freshness, and the communities it serves. Through Food Lion Feeds, the company has donated more than 500 million meals to individuals and families since 2014, and has committed to donate 1 billion more meals by 2025. Food Lion is a company of Ahold Delhaize USA, the U.S. division of Zaandam-based Ahold Delhaize. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com or job applicants may visit www.foodlion.com/careers.