ABC15 and Fry’s Food Stores team up to fight hunger with the 100-Ton Food Drive!

PHOENIX - In honor of the Arizona Centennial, ABC15 and Fry’s Food Stores are joining forces for the 100-Ton Food Drive.  This statewide effort aims to gather 100 tons of food to help hungry Arizona families during the month of February.

ABC15 and Fry’s Food Stores are asking for viewers and customers to make a difference by dropping off non-perishable food items and making monetary donations.  The 100-Ton Food Drive will take place at all 121 Fry’s Food Store locations throughout the state of Arizona.

In addition to collection each day in February, each week ABC15 will host 100-Ton Tuesdays with weather anchors Amber Sullins and Amy Murphy.  They will be on location at various Fry’s Food Stores encouraging viewers to donate during each newscast throughout the day.

ABC15 will also host a phone bank on Tuesday, February 21 from 2:30-6:30pm for viewers to call and make monetary donations toward the 100-Ton Food Drive.

“We are teaming up to create our most ambitious community effort with the 100-Ton Food Drive,” says Fry’s Food Stores President Jon Flora.  “Together we can all make a difference.

The 100-Ton Food Drive will take place from February 1 through February 29.  Help celebrate our state’s centennial and fight hunger to make Arizona a better place to live.

For more information visit a Fry’s Food Store near you or go to abc15.com/100ton

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Fry’s Food Stores is headquartered in Tolleson, Arizona. The company employs more than 18,500 Arizona residents. The 121 Fry’s Food Stores service more than one million households per week. Fry’s has been serving Arizonans’ with fresh food at famous low prices since 1960. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.frysfood.com .

ABC15 is an ABC affiliate for the Phoenix area owned by Scripps Media, Inc. ( www.scripps.com ) which is a diverse, 130-year-old media enterprise with interests in broadcast television stations, newspaper publishing, and licensing and syndication.