Thanks to Excel Fitness, several food banks in the Southeast are well stocked. The staff at Excel Fitness put together two separate food drives to support their local communities.

Excel’s South Central North Carolina team came together to support the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina with a region-wide food drive. The group set up collection boxes at every club in the region. With the help and generosity of their members and staff, the group collected 1,178 pounds of food, which provided 981 meals for families in need in the area.

This September, the franchise group’s North Dallas Region participated in a region-wide peanut butter drive for the North Texas Food Bank. Eight of Excel’s clubs had donation bins for the peanut butter. This annual peanut butter drive helps kids with food insecurity in the North Texas area.

Due to the hard-working staff at Excel Fitness, they were able to donate 1,290 pounds of peanut butter. Its Sherman club collected a whopping 337 pounds at just that location. In total, 85,128 pounds of peanut butter were collected. These contributions helped the North Texas Food Bank provide nutritious options for more than 254,000 children facing hunger in North Texas.

“The peanut butter drive is about more than jars collected. It’s about coming together to make sure children in our community don’t go hungry,” said CEO of North Texas Food Bank Trisha Cunningham.