JoyFULL Holidays at Home program to provide nearly 21,000 meals for students

From a press release:

JoyFULL Holidays at Home program to provide 1,300 student meals

One in five children in our community struggle with hunger each day.

Many times the meals they receive at school is the only food they will have to eat and when the holidays arrive, they face the chance of going hungry until they are back in class.

To reach out to these children, Arby’s, The Brumit Restaurant Group, the Arby’s Foundation, and Eblen Charities have joined together to create Arby’s JoyFULL Holidays at Home program to provide children with the food they may have to go without during the holidays.

Arby’s JoyFULL Holidays at Home program will provide food to children in our community to take home during the extended holiday breaks at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and during the spring.

As part of the program’s outreach students in the Buncombe County and Asheville City School systems students will be able to visit any Arby’s in Buncombe County and receive a free Arby’s Healthy Kids Meal each day during the Holidays by presenting their Arby’s JoyFull Holidays at Home meal card. The cards and the food to be taken home will be distributed through Buncombe County and Asheville City schools.

This week 1,300 students will receive the Arby’s Meal cards, providing nearly 21,000 meals during the Holiday break.

“We wanted to make sure that children in our own community have enough to eat, especially during those longer holiday breaks. We firmly believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to reach out to these children and are proud andhonored to be partnering with Eblen in making sure they have a truly joyful holiday season, “states Joe Brumit, CEO of Brumit Restaurant Group and board member of Eblen Charities.

“We are honored and grateful to Joe, Arby’s, and the Brumit Restaurant Group for their kindness and generosity in making sure that children who are less fortunate in these difficult times do not have to go hungry when they are out of school,” adds Bill Murdock, Executive Director of Eblen Charities. “I have had the wonderful opportunity to have known and been friends with Joe since the very beginning of Eblen Charities, and he was instrumental in the creation of Eblen. He and I have talked for some time on developing a unique program and partnership that would serve those in need in our community. Our community is indeed fortunate to have a company such as the Brumit Restaurant Group, Arby’s, and the Arby’s Foundation who reach out to so many in need. Western North Carolina certainly has no greater friends.”

For more information on Arby’s JoyFull Home please contact Bill Murdock at Eblen Charities at 828-242-2848 or via email at eblenfound@aol.com.