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Community Leaders Will Unite with The Greater Boston Food Bank to Fight Child Hunger

Community Leaders Will Unite with The Greater Boston Food Bank to Fight Child Hunger

Published 05-27-03

Submitted by Greater Boston Food Bank

BOSTON, MA - On June 5, 2003, National Hunger Awareness Day, community leaders will be touting 100,000 little reasons to fight hunger in eastern Massachusetts. The Greater Boston Food Bank, the largest non-profit food distribution organization in New England, is using Hunger Awareness Day as a platform to kick-off a summertime awareness campaign to spotlight the issue of child hunger. The Food Bank's ultimate goal for this special day - and moving forward - is to rally area citizens and organizations to act to help end hunger by donating food, time or money to area hunger-relief organizations.

Area corporations and experts on the issues of child hunger and child nutrition will unite for a series of activities at The Greater Boston Food Bank on June 5 to help bring focus and clarity to the hunger situation in communities from Cape Ann to Cape Cod and the Islands.

"The focus for National Hunger Awareness Day this year is on children because as school ends - and with it school breakfast and lunch - many children face summers where access to the food they need is uncertain," comments Catherine D'Amato, president and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank. "During the summer, some kids worry about when the ice-cream truck will arrive. Others worry about when their next meal will arrive."

The Greater Boston Food Bank's "Food Sorting" Competitions:

During the week of June 2 and all day on Thursday, June 5, volunteers from area corporations will participate in food sorting competitions at The Greater Boston Food Bank's 65,000 sq. ft. headquarters at 99 Atkinson Street in Boston's New Market District. Corporate food sorters will include volunteers from State Street Bank, Citizens Bank, Fleet Bank, Fidelity, John Hancock, Deloitte Consulting, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Cirelli Foods.

The Greater Boston Food Bank receives millions of pounds of donated food each year and depends on more than 10,000 volunteers from area businesses, non-profit groups, religious institutions, local high schools as well as individuals to help sort the food for easy distribution.

About National Hunger Awareness Day

Now in its second year, the awareness building initiative was created by America's Second Harvest, the organization that serves as the hub for the nation's network of food banks. The nationwide theme for National Hunger Awareness Day, 2003 is, "Can 9 million hungry kids inspire a nation?" For more information about The Greater Boston Food Bank call 617-427-5200 or visit www.gbfb.org.

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