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Students “Throw Pots” For A Good Cause
January 24, 2008
Food & Money Pouring in, But More is Needed for
The Greater Dallas / Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring
January 23, 2008
Sample Great Food And Support Hunger Relief
At The 9th Annual "Empty Bowls"
January 7, 2008
"Imagine a Child Wanting Food More Than Toys" – New Billboard Campaign Captures Need
December 15, 2007
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December 13, 2007
North Texas Food Bank and Tarrant Area Food Bank to receive $200,000 of $1 million grant to regional Texas food banks
December 11, 2007
DFW Business Competitors become Allies to
Tackle Hunger with Largest Texas Food Drive
December 10, 2007
January 23, 2008
Food & Money Pouring in, But More is Needed for
The Greater Dallas / Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring
The Largest Food Drive in North Texas
is still counting on North Texans
as the clock counts down to Super Bowl Sunday.
January 23, 2008— The clock is ticking to raise 2 million pounds of food for the North Texas Food Bank and Tarrant Area Food Bank by the day of the Super Bowl, February 3, the one day on which Americans eat the second-greatest amount of food. Major grocery store competitors and nearly all major media outlets have partnered to help both food banks feed the hungry as part of what is expected to be the largest food drive in North Texas.
The Greater Dallas / Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring has already generated nearly 225,000 pounds of non-perishable food. But more needs to be done. With a goal of raising 2 million pounds of food by Super Bowl Sunday, North Texans are encouraged to purchase and donate pre-packaged bags of food and make cash donations at the grocery store registers through February 3. The mission of the food drive is to transform Super Bowl weekend into the nation’s largest youth-led weekend of giving and serving.
The Greater Dallas / Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring is led by the Dallas Cowboys, leading grocers Albertsons, Central Market, Kroger and Tom Thumb and Dallas/Fort Worth’s top media outlets, CBS 11, 94.9 FM KLTY, KTCK, TXA 21, NBC 5, The Dallas Morning News, Star-Telegram, Telemundo 39, WFAA and 99.5 The Wolf,
“On any given day, 1.2 million people living in households in North Central Texas will go without food,” said Joan Hagan, Texas Director of the Souper Bowl of Caring. “I hope everyone will give generously and join this simple way of reaching out to help our neighbors in need.”
In addition to the grocery store collections, more than 250 area congregations and schools have committed to getting involved. Young people will collect cash and canned goods for the week leading up to the big game and donate 100% to the charity of their choice.
“There is still time to make a contribution to this effort,” said Brad Smith, Founder and Executive Director of the Souper Bowl of Caring. “By making a donation, volunteering at a store, or organizing an event at your church or school, everyone can impact the fight against hunger in North Texas.”
To register your congregation or school, find participating stores or sign up for volunteer opportunities, visit www.souperbowl.org/dfw.
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SOUPER BOWL OF CARING
America's teens are transforming Super Bowl weekend into the nation's largest youth-led weekend of giving through the Souper Bowl of Caring. Armed with soup pots, teens in all 50 states collect donations at churches, schools and businesses, and every penny raised is given to local charities as selected by each group. Since beginning in 1990, more than $33 million has been raised for those in need. www.souperbowl.org.
ABOUT NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
Since it was founded in 1982 by Liz Minyard, Kathryn Hall, Jo Curtis and Lorraine Griffin Kircher, the NTFB has distributed 362 million pounds of food across our 13-county service area, which includes Dallas, Denton, Collin, Fannin, Rockwall, Hunt, Grayson, Kaufman, Ellis, Navarro, Lamar, Delta and Hopkins counties. Last year, the NTFB distributed 32 million pounds of food to 764 feeding and education programs including after-school programs, residential treatment programs, food pantries, emergency shelters, soup kitchens, senior citizen centers and low-income daycare centers.
ABOUT TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK
Tarrant Area Food Bank is a private nonprofit, rescues surplus food from becoming waste by accepting millions ofpounds of it each year from the food industry and distributing that food to our partner agencies. Since opening ourdoors in 1982 as a distribution center, we have become the primary source of food for most hunger-relief programs inour 13-county region that includes Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Erath, Somervell, Bosque, Hamilton, Hill, Cooke and Wise. Each month, our 300 partner food pantries, emergency shelters, soup kitchens, senior centers, after-school programs and other social service centers distribute emergency groceries to 35,000 families and serve 500,000 meals and snacks.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Amanda O’Neal
Public Relations Manager
North Texas Food Bank (NTFB)
Office: 214-347-9593
Cell: 972-510-4932
amanda@ntfb.org
Kelly Lane
For the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB)
Office: 214-351-1586
Cell: 214-906-6491
Kelly@klanepr.com
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