Sec. Alvin Keller had called on all employees statewide to donate 9 to ll items to a food bank during the drive conducted Sept. 10-12. The secretary had also challenged his executive team to each donate a number of food times equal to their age.
Governor Perdue participated as the food bank picked up donations at the DOC headquarters on Monday morning, Sept. 13. A truck from the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina arrived to transport food donations that had been collected from DOC locations in Wake County.
Employee food drive leaders from the DOC central office, the Division of Prisons, Correction Enterprises, Community Corrections and the Office of Staff Development and Training were present for the governor’s visit.
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