The Feeding Southwest Virginia food bank based in Salem that serves the food-insecure in 26 counties and 9 cities celebrated its 45th anniversary today with local stakeholders, supporters and two Congressmen – Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith. It was also a tribute to President and CEO Pam Irvine, who has been there since the beginning – and who will retire at the end of the year. Among the guest speakers at today’s 45th anniversary event for Feeding Southwest Virginia was Denis McDonough, the nationwide CEO for Feeding America.
The Community Solutions Center on Melrose Avenue that prepares meals for distribution to the food insecure will add “Pamela Irvine,” to its name, in tribute to her 45 years of service for the non-profit, which now collects and distributes more than 20 million pounds of food every year.
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