A major lottery retailer, Harris Teeter, today donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina an $8,000 incentive award it had received for selling a winning ticket for a Carolina Cash 5 jackpot.

The Education Lottery awarded the incentive to Harris Teeter after the winning ticket for the Carolina Cash 5 drawing on Oct. 27 was purchased at its Battleground Avenue store in Greensboro. A Greensboro resident bought the lucky ticket that matched all five numbers in the drawing and won the jackpot of $380,644.

Harris Teeter District Manager Jerry Kiker presented the check to the food bank today at the store. The company chose the food bank as the recipient because the ticket was sold during the company’s annual Harvest Feast Food Drive and Donation Card Campaign.

“This very special $8,000 donation from Harris Teeter will go a long way toward helping Second Harvest Food Bank provide much-needed food assistance to those in need in our community during the holiday season,” said Clyde Fitzgerald, executive director of the food bank. “It will allow us to provide 56,000 nutritious meals to those in need.”

The commission is part of an incentive program the Education Lottery has with its retail partners with the goal of increasing ticket sales and boosting the amount of money the lottery makes for education in North Carolina. The Education Lottery has raised more than $2.1 billion for education initiatives in the state. As of June 30, Guilford County education programs have received more than $102 million.

For more information about the Education Lottery, visit its website at www.nc-educationlottery.org or call (919) 301-3308. To learn more about the Harris Teeter donation, contact Harris Teeter co