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CCBCC encourages community service through Serve Your City
initiative
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Eight cities across CCBCC territory included in program
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Non-profit organization with the most pledges in each participating
city will receive $2,500 grant
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2015--
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC), the largest independent
Coca-Cola bottler in the United States, has a long history of community
service and philanthropy. This year, CCBCC is challenging the public to
get involved and pledge to volunteer for a National Day of Service on
February 21, 2015. CCBCC has selected eight cities in the company’s
territory in which to run the Serve Your City initiative.
During the Serve Your City initiative, CCBCC encourages everyone living
in the program cities to visit www.Coca-ColaServeYourCity.com
and pledge time to one of the 26 organizations listed on the pledge
form. The organization with the most pledges in each city will win a
$2,500 grant from Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated.
Serve Your City kicked off on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and runs
through the National Day of Service in February. As part of the
kick-off, more than 50 Charlotte CCBCC employees volunteered 100 hours
of service at local organizations on MLK Day.
The Serve Your City program is in Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro
and Raleigh in North Carolina, Charleston and Columbia in South
Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee and Mobile, Alabama.
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for
others?'”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
About Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC)
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) (NASDAQ: COKE) is the
nation’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. Headquartered in
Charlotte, NC, the company’s 7,000 employees make, sell and deliver
Coca-Cola products in franchise sales territories across the Southeast.
For more information, visit www.CokeConsolidated.com.
#ServeYourCity #PayItForward
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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Emilie Nicholls, 704-557-4632
emilie.nicholls@ccbcc.com