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Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC Announces Total Donations from Smithfield Foods Hunger Relief Day
State’s largest single-day food drive nets enough food to provide 150,000 mealsRALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the fifth year in a row, Smithfield Foods Hunger Relief Day at the N.C. State Fair generated an outpouring of support for The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina (the Food Bank) to help fight hunger in the state. On Thursday, Oct. 23, fairgoers from across North Carolina donated six cans of food in exchange for free admission. Thanks to their generosity, t
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