HENDERSONVILLE, NC – Mast General Store and Merrell’s Food for Kids campaign enters its 16th year in the fight against childhood hunger. From October 13 – 26, Merrell will donate $15 to a children’s fund at a local food security agency for each pair of its footwear purchased at Mast Store or Mast Store Online.
MANNA Foodbank will receive Food for Kids donations from Merrell footwear purchased at the Hendersonville Mast Store. This food security agency, founded in 1982, serves 16 counties in Western North Carolina. Although its Asheville headquarters were devastated by Hurricane Helene, MANNA swiftly relocated to resume helping its neighbors in need, including continuing its Feeding Kids Year Round program, which provides emergency food assistance to public school students throughout the region.
Merrell’s $15 donation makes a tangible difference in a child’s life. Food security agencies use their leveraged buying power, along with donations and volunteer hours, to stretch $1 into $3, $4, or even more in food value.
According to No Kid Hungry, as many as 13 million American children live in food-insecure households where access to proper nutrition and sufficient meals is limited or unavailable. In parts of Mast Store’s four-state region, that ratio can increase to one in four children.
Mast Store guests who purchase new Merrell boots or shoes during Food for Kids will take home reliable, high-quality footwear while pitching in to end child hunger in their community. All other Mast guests can also support the same cause by choosing to RoundUP any transaction to the nearest whole dollar today through November 30.
The Mast Store and Merrell thank everyone who makes this year’s 16th Food for Kids campaign a success in an effort to make our communities healthier, happier places for all children! For more information, stop by the Mast Store at 527 North Main Street in Downtown Hendersonville.
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