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RAIL has received $2,800 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. RAIL will use the gift to support a program of supporting families in growing vegetables and other products from the land.  The program is labeled "FARMING FOR HEALTH AND WEALTH". (FFHAW)

Dewey Houck, on behalf of the RAIL board and staff expresses his appreciation to Food Lion for their support of such a worthy project.

Jack Seitz, a Dickinson College graduate, is heading a program to teach and assist families that have a need, or desire to supplement their food supply through gardening.  FFHAW will recruit persons that have an interest in gardening for immediate consumption and/or preserving for later use.  The program also encourages growing extra for selling through a farmers market system presently being established along the Coal Heritage Trail.  FFHAW supports all phases of providing food from the land from back yard gardens to growing goats on an abandoned strip mine.  Sites are being made available for those that do not have space.  Junior Achievement has already invested in FFHAW to grow Shiitake mushrooms and plant Ramps on appropriate mountainsides.

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to improving the communities in which Food Lion operates.

The Foundation places an emphasis on the support of primary and secondary education, feeding the hungry, and organizations that enhance the quality of life in Food Lion's local communities.

Food Lion LLC is a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG). Food Lion LLC operates more than 1,300 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys and Reid's. These stores meet local customer needs and preferences for the freshest and best quality products. Food Lion LLC employs approximately 73,000 associates in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

Food Lion joins a partnership with USDA Farmers Market Program; Presbyterian Church USA Hunger Program; Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church; Roanoke, VA. Stewardship Program; and RAIL in providing "FARMING FOR HEALTH AND WEALTH" for families living in  Southern West Virginia