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Southwest Airlines and the North Texas Food Bank Assist with Hurricane Ike Relief Efforts
September 16, 2008
Panera Bread® And Dfw Hunger Relief Agencies Recognize September As Hunger Action Month
September 15, 2008
Canstruction
September 6, 2008
Hunger Action Month
September 4, 2008
Everyone Deserves a Place at the Table
September 4, 2008
Empty Bowls presented by Tom Thumb
March 12, 2008
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
Four Local Non-Profits Create New Disaster Response Partnership
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
December 10, 2007
DFW Business Competitors become Allies to
Tackle Hunger with Largest Texas Food Drive
“Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive”
kicks off Jan 9 at Texas Stadium in Irving
Dallas — Leading grocers Albertsons, Central Market, Kroger and Tom Thumb have teamed up with Dallas/Fort Worth’s top media outlets, CBS 11, KLTY, KTCK, TXA 21, NBC 5, The Dallas Morning News, Star-Telegram, Telemundo 39, WFAA and 99.5 The Wolf to create the largest food drive in the history of Texas. Dallas Cowboys great Preston Pearson will kick off the food drive at 10:00am on January 9 at Texas Stadium in Irving.
Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive takes place from Jan. 11 through Feb. 3, 2008. During that time, North Texans are invited to drop non-perishable foods or make cash donations at one of the 217 participating Albertsons, Central Market, Kroger and Tom Thumb grocery stores, with proceeds benefiting the North Texas Food Bank and the Tarrant Area Food Bank.
On any given day, 1.2 million people, living in households in North Central Texas will go without food. The Souper Bowl of Caring is a nationwide, grassroots movement of caring utilizing Super Bowl weekend to mobilize youth to fight hunger and poverty in local communities such as the DFW area.
“Texas is known for its generosity and we’re counting on reaching a goal of raising 2 million pounds of food to benefit the North Texas Food Bank and Tarrant Area Food Bank,” says Joan Hagan, Texas director for the Souper Bowl of Caring. “We will work with these two organizations to collect food for the 550 hunger relief agencies throughout the North Texas region.
In addition to in-store food drives, Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive has reached out to 200 local churches and more than 150 public and private schools to host their own food drives and to volunteer to help collect donations during Super Bowl weekend.
“Thousands of men, women and children go to bed hungry every day in North Texas,” says Bo Soderbergh, Executive Director of Tarrant Area Food Bank. “We’re thrilled that North Texas business competitors have come together to truly make a measurable difference in our community. We hope this generous gesture will inspire our community to make this the greatest food drive in Texas history.”
"Hunger has no holiday and we rely heavily on the generosity of North Texans,” says Jan Pruitt, CEO of North Texas Food Bank. “We’re proud that the giants in the North Texas grocery business and in the local media have joined together in the fight to end hunger in our lifetime.”
For more information on the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive, participating stores and volunteer opportunities, log onto www.souperbowl.org/dfw or call North Texas Food Bank at (214)330-1396 or Tarrant Area Food Bank at 817-332-9177.
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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.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jennifer Cameron
jcameron@fkmagency.com
Stevens/FKM – Kroger Food Stores
214-828-6112
Joan Hagen
joan@souperbowl.org
Texas Director / Souper Bowl of Caring
713-467-9464
