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Armstrong announces their Fifth Annual Avenge Hunger Month campaign to fight hunger across their service territory. The 2022 Avenge Hunger Month collection window begins on August 29 and continues through October 2. The timing for Avenge Hunger Month is deliberate; September is National Hunger Action Month and the need for food is higher during the last quarter of the year.
Local Armstrong stores will collect non-perishable food and monetary donations for local feeding programs. The resources collected help to supply over 200 community feeding programs throughout the Armstrong footprint in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky. Armstrong has also donated thousands of branded commercials to promote this need in our communities, as well as via social media, email and the Armstrong Neighborhood Channel.
Much of the success for Avenge Hunger Month comes from community partners who help to collect donations. Locally, during the 2022 collection in Armstrong’s Grove City system, the Lakeview Cross Country team will be assisting the Grove City Armstrong team in fundraising for AHM at their Stromboli Booth during the Great Stoneboro Fair. Last year they collected $500 during the event! The Grove City team will also be partnering with Grove City County Market who collected over $1000 in 2021 and a new partnership for 2022 with Grove City College with more community partnerships to be announced.
Armstrong’s Breaking Bread initiative began in 2010 with the purpose of feeding those who are food-insecure within the communities Armstrong serves. It is a four-pronged approach that includes collecting food and money, volunteering time plus creating public awareness. The first Avenge Hunger Month was held in September of 2018 to help bring more awareness to Breaking Bread and generate more donations to help local feeding programs. Through the annual Avenge Hunger Month drive, Armstrong has collected over 120,000 pounds of food and nearly $60,000 in monetary donations to share with over 200 community feeding programs over the past four years.
About Armstrong
Armstrong provides industry leading high-speed ZOOM Internet with Enhanced Wi-Fi, advanced television powered by EXP, and telephone services to residential and commercial customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky. Armstrong, recognized as the 2022 Independent Cable Operator of the Year, is America’s 11th largest cable television provider, according to SNL Kagan, an offering from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Contact:
Bree Freehling
Office Supervisor/Community Marketing Manager
Armstrong
724-458-7165 x225