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Friday Night Food Drive

What if I told you that if you bring at least four cans of food to the N.C. State Fair on Thursday, Oct. 22, you’ll get free admission to the Fair on that day? No, I’m not pulling your turkey leg. In fact, we have offered a similar deal each Fair for the past 14 years. It’s a day of giving that we call Food Lion Hunger Relief Day. All food collected during Hunger Relief Day will be donated to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, which serves a 34-county area. Surprisingly, some people have never heard…

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Volunteer to recycle, get free Fair T-shirt and admission ticket

The N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance is assisting Green Thing again this year with the Fair’s recycling booths. This is the second year we’ve had recycling bins at the Fair, and we’re excited this program is growing. We had some great volunteers last year who made the program a success, and we need your help again. Best of all, if you volunteer, you’ll recieve a Fair T-shirt and an admission ticket. Here are some more details on the program from the RE3.org blog: The recycling and composting education booth will be part of the GreenNC tent. The…

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