Meet Food for Schools Sponsor Lloyd Tire and Alignment Center 

When you’ve been a staple of your business community for 40 years, you bear witness to some incredible changes. But Lloyd Tire and Alignment Center, located on Hillsborough Street, has also enjoyed the benefit of loyal customers who share their love of community. 

In fact, a customer touting the value of PORCH’s mission is what led Lloyd Tire and Alignment Center to become a Food for Schools (FFS) sponsor several years ago.  

FFS supplies supplemental food to students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools who are hungry and struggling to concentrate.

Through FFS, PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro provides each school with $1,100 worth of snacks in a school year – $550 at the beginning of the academic year and $550 after the holidays. The snacks – cheese crackers, granola bars, applesauce, apples, protein bars, trail mix, fruit bars, and more – are purchased in bulk, brought to a central location, and sorted. Then, school social workers pick up the healthy snacks on a designated day each semester. 

Once the social workers divide the snacks among grade levels within their school, students simply let their teacher know when they are hungry and would like a snack to tide them over during the school day. Each school nurse gets a supply of snacks, too – a vital resource when students aren’t feeling well and need some sustenance.   

To learn more,  check out our feature on this program.  

Lloyd Tire and Alignment Center is known for its award-winning service and manages car needs that go well beyond tires – they can help with most any car repair, from brake inspections to filter changes. 

Kris Lloyd is now at the helm, working alongside son Brett. But the business was started by her father-in-law in 1984. Kris operated the business with her husband, Douglas, until he passed away in 2009. Her son now works alongside her. 

Kris says that her father-in-law always told her that customers would spread the word about your service, good or bad. A priority was always placed on acting with the utmost integrity. “We are knowledgeable, trustworthy, and we offer a fair price,” Kris says.  

Kris was open to becoming a PORCH sponsor because she believes it is “important to take care of folks in your own backyard. Kids can’t learn at school if they are hungry.” 

The business also proudly supports Dispute Settlement Center, an organization where Kris’ mother-in-law was a longtime volunteer. 

View our full list of FFS sponsors and learn more about becoming a sponsor.