RALEIGH, N.C. (Dec. 17, 2009) – Café Carolina and Bakery locations throughout the Triangle have teamed up with USO of North Carolina to help feed the troops as they are traveling home to be with their families for the holidays on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Café Carolina and Bakery will serve tasty menu items including turkey, ham, and chicken salad sandwiches, chips, pretzels and cookies to approximately 350 troops as they arrive and depart from the Raleigh Durham International Airport. They will serve two meals; one at 10:30 a.m. and another at 3:30 p.m. Team members from local Café Carolina and Bakery restaurants will be on hand to help distribute the food to the troops.
“We are so grateful for Café Carolina and their desire to support the USO-NC and the troops that sacrifice so much to serve this great country, said Mike Langley, acting director of USO of North Carolina – Raleigh Durham Airport Center. “We are excited to partner with them in this and future endeavors.”
“Café Carolina and Bakery is proud to support the service men and women of our country and always makes giving back to our community a top priority,” said Ron Hines, director of operations for Café Carolina and Bakery. “The USO-NC does great things for our troops and the Café Carolina and Bakery family is excited to partner with them for this event.”
Café Carolina and Bakery is owned and operated by Boddie-Noell Enterprises. Boddie-Noell and Café Carolina and Bakery are committed to supporting the communities they operate in. Earlier this year, Café Carolina and Bakery raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Children’s Flight of Hope.
The USO of North Carolina is a private, nonprofit organization. Their mission is to serve and support America’s military and their families. They operate four centers in North Carolina: Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and Fort Bragg/Fayetteville. They provide morale and recreation services to 220,000 service members and their families annually. To learn more please visit www.uso-nc.org.
About Café Carolina
Since 1995, Café Carolina and Bakery has offered a “warm welcome” to customers, with fresh made sandwiches, soups and salads in a friendly, upscale atmosphere. There are six locations across North Carolina including: Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Greensboro and Charlotte. Café Carolina and Bakery is owned by Boddie-Noell Enterprises, a family-owned restaurant franchise business headquartered in Rocky Mount. For more information, visit their website at www.cafecarolina.com.
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