For the tenth consecutive year, and the second in the pandemic era, The Mount Airy Chick-fil-A will be holding a drive-through food drive.
Chad Tidd, operator of the Mount Airy restaurant, said the event will take place on Dec. 16, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
“It is drive-through,” Tidd said Tuesday morning. “We’ll have our team members on site to do the collections, a guest doesn’t even have to get out of the car.”
He said his crew will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items, cash and checks, with proceeds going to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina.
Chick-fil-A has been doing the holiday food drive for a decade, normally as part of a larger, regional food drive organized by WXII in Winston-Salem. Despite being in perhaps the smallest location to host one of the regional food drives, Tidd said his store generally collected the most for the food bank — which he attributes to the generosity of the people who live and work in Surry County.
Like last year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the television station opted out of doing the regional food drive, but Chick-fil-A continues with the tradition.
Even before the pandemic, his restaurant conducted the food drive as a drive-through event.
“That’s traditionally worked very, very well. Drive-though is kind of our speciality.”
In years previous to the pandemic, he said it was not unusual for those onsite donating food to park their cars, get out and mingle with folks from the television station, the food bank, or the Chick-fil-A staff. Last year, and again this season, that won’t be possible.
He said generally the site collects between $8,000 and $10,000 in cash donations, along with filling 25 to 30 cartons supplied by the food bank — enough for the food bank to supply close to 100,000 meals to those in need.
Tidd said those donating also receive a gift, in the form of a digital card offer.
“It could be a Chick-fil-A dessert, could be an entree, could be a breakfast items,” he said. “We try to have fun with that, make that a cool interactive experience. We just want to give something to recognize those who are giving to others.”
Tidd said for those wishing to take part, a Chick-fil-A tent will be set up in the front of the parking lot on Dec. 16, next to the restaurant’s sign, showing where the collection point will be. He advised those planning to make a donation by check to make out the checks to Second Harvest Food Bank.
“We look forward to seeing everybody,” Tidd said.
Source: https://www.mtairynews.com
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