Pictured, from left to right: Chattanooga City Councilman Yusuf Hakeem, Chattanooga Area Food Bank President and CEO Gina Crumbliss, and COS President and CEO Skip Ireland
COS Business Products and Interiors is celebrating its 75th anniversary in Chattanooga by giving back to the community. The local family-owned and managed business is launching a campaign in the dozens of communities it serves by launching a food drive, dubbed “Food Trucks for Food Bank.”
On Wednesday, COS truck drivers will deliver around 350 boxes, or food bins, to be placed inside businesses to collect non-perishable food items over the next six weeks. At the conclusion of the campaign, the boxes will be picked up by COS and taken to collection stations to be sorted and delivered, never leaving the counties where the food was originally donated, thus benefiting the citizens of that particular community.
The food drive will benefit the Chattanooga Area Food Bank and its surrounding agency partners.
The campaign will wrap up on August 5 with a family workday and cook out for COS employees. Those who wish to contribute monetarily to the fundraiser can do so by donating online at:
www.chattfoodbank.org/donate.
“When I heard how far $1 can go when it comes to feeding the hungry, I knew this was an opportunity for COS and its customers to make a positive impact in our communities. We’re excited to put our resources into this campaign and hope it goes a long way in fighting hunger throughout North Georgia and Southeast Tennessee,” said Skip Ireland, president of COS.
COS is celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout 2016 by leading various efforts to benefit nonprofit organizations in the Chattanooga, Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia areas.