"Yam Jam 2011" - the North Carolina Yam Jam of October 15, 2011

Runs 4:22

UNC-TV produced this video as a segment in its program, North Carolina Now. More than 700 volunteers worked that day, digging and bagging more than 25,000 pounds of sweet potatoes that were then delivered to agencies feeding the hungry. Featured in the video are SoSA NC Regional Director Kristy Nash, Area Gleaning Coordinator Glenda Woodard, and The Rev. Paul Toombs or New Unity Missionary Baptist Church.

If you wish, you can watch the full 27-minute North Carolina Sweet Potato special from UNC-TV right here: