Contributions to the food bank

News Release

Durham Police Department

For Immediate Release July 27, 2007

Victim Services/HOIST Unit Holds Summer Food Drive

Public Reminded that ‘Hunger Has No Vacation’

The Victim Services/HOIST Unit of the Durham Police Department (DPD) is sponsoring its first
summer food drive to support the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC in Durham. July 1 through
August 1, 2007 citizens are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items or make monetary
contributions to the food bank to meet summer demands.

“This collaboration with Durham police will help us to meet a critical need this time of year that many
people are not aware of, “says Julie Lawhorn, Outreach Coordinator of the Food Bank. “For
example, children on summer vacation who normally would eat one or more meals at school are
now at home during the day or at grandma’s. This can put extra strain on a family’s budget. “

The Food Bank services all residents of Durham and counties in the Central and Eastern Food Bank
network. This includes working parents, school students, natural disaster victims, and local shelters
serviced by the Durham facility. “As crime victims are also referred to the food bank when there is an
urgent need for assistance, Victim Services staff took on the outreach project that will mutually
benefit the department and the food bank, “says Lukas Strout of Victim Services/HOIST.

Additional partners include the employees at Duke University Police Department , NBC 17, Carolina Friends School (summer camp), Urban Echoes, Lakewood YMCA (summer camp), the Durham Division of Community Corrections and the CUE Center for Missing Persons in Wilmington, NC and Colony Tire, Triangle Jazz Society.
The Food Bank locations in Raleigh, Durham and Wilmington are all accepting donations c/o the Durham/Duke PD Summer Food Drive. The 2007 NC Food Drive will run from July 1 to August 1, 2007.

Drop off locations in Durham for non-perishable food items include:
Food Bank, 708 Gilbert Street
Durham Police Headquarters, 505 W. Chapel Hill Street
District 2 Substation, Back of Northgate Mall, 1056 W Club Blvd.
Durham Center, 501 Willard Street
BB&T-Main Branch, 505 S. Duke Street
City of Durham Fleet Maintenance Department, 1900 Camden Avenue
El Centro Hispano, 201 West Main Street
In Chapel Hill, Performance Auto, 1810 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. (15/501), is also
accepting donations.

The most needed items are: peanut butter, canned meals (stews, soups, tuna, fruit and vegetables), rice, cereal, paper products (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.), hygiene items (toothpaste, shaving items, soap, etc), diapers, elderly nutrition drinks (ensure) and instant formula. Loose glass and plastic jars of baby food are not accepted because of health regulations.


At the Food Bank drop-off location, givers are asked to mention that donations are part of the
Durham Police Department 2007 Summer Food Drive. Contact Victim Services’ Lukas Strout at
919-560-4404 x 261 or lukas.strout@durhamnc.gov for more information.






Monica Caison
CUE Center for Missing Persons
PO Box 12714
Wilmington, NC 28405
(910) 343-1131
(910) 232-1687 24 Hour Line
Email: cuecenter@aol.com
Website: http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/