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Nugget Markets and KNCI’s Pat and Tom Team Up for Holiday Food Drive Benefiting Local Food Banks
Local grocer Nugget Markets hosts the Pat & Tom Show live broadcasts, remotes and partners with the community for food bank donations
Woodland, CA - Family-owned and operated Nugget Markets is joining with KNCI’s radio personalities Pat and Tom to raise awareness and collect non-perishable food donations for local food banks December 8 through December 18 at Nugget Markets. Guests can donate suggested items such as canned goods, boxed food items and foil bake ware at the following locations, benefiting each store’s local food bank: Roseville (Placer Food Bank), Woodland and Davis (Food Bank of Yolo County), El Dorado Hills (Food Bank of El Dorado County), Sacramento/Florin Rd. (River City Food Bank), West Sacramento (Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services), and Elk Grove (Elk Grove Food Bank Services).
In addition to providing collection bins for the 10-day donation drive, Nugget Markets in Roseville and West Sacramento will host live broadcasts of the Pat and Tom Show. On December 9, the show will be broadcast from the Roseville Nugget (771 Pleasant Grove Blvd.) and on December 16 from the West Sacramento Nugget (2000 Town Center Plaza.). Guests who donate during the 5am – 10am live broadcasts will receive complimentary coffee and bagels, while supplies last.
Select Nugget Markets will also host 1-hour KNCI remotes, and guests who donate during the designated time will receive a Nugget cookie and water (while supplies last) for their donation. Remotes are scheduled for 12 pm - 1pm at the following locations: El Dorado Hills (December 12), Florin Road (December 13) and Davis-Covell (December 14). The Elk Grove Nugget will host a remote from 3pm – 4pm on Thursday, December 15.
“We partnered with Pat and Tom for a very successful Thanksgiving food drive and we’re so excited to join with them again and with our generous guests to help feed the hungry this holiday season,” says Eric Stille, CEO of Nugget Markets, Inc.