Charlotte Barbers Care Food Drive

It’s time for back to school and several Charlotte area barbers are making sure that kids in the area will have enough to eat.  Charlotte Barbers Care is hosting its 7th Annual Food Drive from August 13th to August 20th. The drive will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.  The food bank provides food to those in need in the greater Charlotte area. Traditionally, this annual food drive occurs when food bank donations are at their lowest point.  Second Harvest supplies provides food to several programs that benefit children in need such as the Backpack Program, Kids Cafe, School Based Mobile Pantry and School Based Snack Programs.

The drive originally started out as a drive at Headlines Barber Shop.  To date, the drives have yielded over 55,000 pounds of food for Charlotte families in need.  This year’s food drive is sponsored by the following businesses: Booksy, Inc, The Social Barber, The Barberville Festival and Premium Direct Medical, Premier Pharmacy and Wellness Center.  Patrons of Premium Direct Medical and Premier Pharmacy and Wellness Center can donate money on site.  Just $1=7 pounds at the Second Harvest Food Bank so cash donations go much further.

Season Bennett and her husband, Derrick, own Headlines Barber Shop.  When the food drive first started out, it was solely at their location but over the years has grown to include other barber shops across the city.  “Our goal is to set the kids up for success for the upcoming school year. It’s really hard to do your best in school when you are hungry,” says Season.

Continuing in that same tradition, this year’s food drive will be called #CharlotteBarbersCare Food Drive with a goal of collecting the equivalent of 10,000 pounds of food.  Donating money goes a long way as just $1=7 pounds of food. The last day to donate is Tuesday, August 20th.
 
The public is encouraged to make donations to benefit the food bank.  Throughout the drive, the public is encouraged to share pictures on social media with the hashtag: #CharlotteBarbersCare.
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Here is a list of all of the barber shops and participating locations:

Bennett’s Barber Shop

Blendsorial

Freshen Up

Headlines Barber Shop

Kuttmasters Barber Shop 

Overton’s Barber Shop

Premier Grooming Lounge (2 locations)

Premier Grooming Academy

The Grooming Lounge (3 locations)

Touch of Precision

Universal Cuts

Xclusive Kutz