Hunger Fact of the Day: Every year Matt’s Run to Fight Hunger is one of the largest single sources of donations for the Piedmont Triad Apartment Association’s Food Drive. This year it raised enough to provide over 31,000 meals, and that’s before including the online donations they’ve generated! 

Today’s sponsor:

It would be hard to exaggerate how amazing Got You Floored is when it comes to supporting Second Harvest Food Bank of NWNC each and every year. The company donates a portion of the revenue generated from online orders from members of PTAA – in the members’ names – to Second Harvest every year. They also sponsor and organize Matt’s Run to Fight Hunger (named after company founder Matt Ketterman) every July, which raises thousands of dollars for the Food Bank. This year’s run, which just happened on July 7, raised enough money to provide over 31,000 meals for the food insecure families of NW North Carolina.

What makes this year’s run so amazing is that Matt and his team pulled it off just weeks after experiencing a catastrophic fire that destroyed their facility. That means they helped the community at a time when they had their own struggles, which makes it that much more amazing.

As you might be able to tell, I’m a huge fan of Got You Floored and have even been a very satisfied customer in the past. Give them a shout for any flooring needs you might have

Activity Day 68:

Hallelujah! As planned, I made my goal of completing a 367-mile walk between May 1 and July 7. That last magical mile came during Matt’s Run to Fight Hunger in Greensboro, which is exactly how I wanted it to happen. Unfortunately, I haven’t made my monetary goal so I’m going to extend the challenge. The new challenge is to keep going and make it to 500 miles by the end of July, which is the end of PTAA’s Food Drive. We’re calling it the Food Drive 500, and I’m determined to get there and to make my monetary goal. Want to help? Click on the “Donate Now” button at the bottom of this post and you’ll be able to help feed the hungry in our community.

Miles walked/run: 5.88 miles. Here’s the screenshot from my FitBit:

Miles remaining in challenge: Old goal was met! Miles remaining for new goal: 130.69

Want to donate to support Second Harvest? It’s easy to do right here!