12th Annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive Benefits Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
WHO: Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, 99.1 WMYX, Pick ’n Save & Milwaukee County Transit
WHAT: 12th Annual Stuff the Bus
WHEN: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 5:00 a.m. – 6 p.m. 8:30 a.m. Roundy’s donates truckload of canned soup
WHERE: Pick ’n Save, 11111 W. Greenfield Avenue, West Allis, Wisconsin
WHY: 235,000 people rely on Feeding America for food every day, 87,000 of whom are children.
West Allis, Wis. – Before you stuff the turkey this Thanksgiving, help Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Stuff the Bus. The 12th annual one-day food drive kicks off at 5 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2009 and will conclude at 6 p.m. Bring your non-perishable food items including canned meat, canned fruits and vegetables, canned soup and chili, peanut butter, pasta, rice, macaroni and cheese and pancake mix to the Pick ’n Save store at 111th and Greenfield in West Allis and help fill Milwaukee County transit buses with food for the needy this holiday season. Our goal this year is 200,000 meals. Monetary donations and frozen turkeys will also be accepted. For every $1 donation, Feeding America can provide five meals. “With the economic downturn and rising unemployment, demand for emergency food assistance is up 22%,” said Bonnie J. Bellehumeur, president of Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. “Every donation counts,” Bellehumeur added.
The Roundy’s Foundation will donate a truckload of canned soup and $10,000 in honor of Stuff the Bus. The presentation will take place at 8:30 a.m. Vivian King, Director of Public Affairs for Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. and Connie Jones, Roundy’s Foundation administrator will present the soup and check at Stuff the Bus. The truck will then be delivered to Feeding America where it will be unloaded.
Those who can’t make it out to the store can also make a donation online at www.991wmyx.com, just click on the Stuff the Bus icon. Please join in the giving spirit of the holiday and help those who are less fortunate.
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Each year 235,000 people in Wisconsin rely on food supplied by Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, formerly named America’s Second Harvest of Wisconsin. The food bank is the largest, private, non-profit distributor of food in the state. Feeding America Food Bank distributes nearly 12 million pounds of food annually to 1,100 food pantries, meal programs and shelters throughout the state. Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is affiliated with Feeding America which is consistently ranked as one of the most efficient charities, out of the country’s 100 largest charities, by Forbes magazine. Since 1982, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin has distributed more than 250 million pounds of food. To learn more about hunger in Wisconsin, log onto www.feedingamericawi.org.
