Kids Become Magicians at Local Schools ~ Seventh Annual PB&J Challenge Helps Feed Hungry Kids
WHAT: PB&J Challenge Magical Kickoff
WHEN: Tuesday, October 6, 2009; 9:00 a.m.
WHERE: St. Charles Borromeo School, 3100 W. Parnell Street, Milwaukee (Parking available in parking lot off W. Parnell Ave.) Media enter through main door and check in at office
Event takes place in the gymnasium
WHO: Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin; David Seebach; the Milwaukee Bucks; Pick ’n Save
Milwaukee, Wis. – David Seebach has made things and people disappear for years, but school kids will be doing their own magic this fall making peanut butter and jelly appear for hungry kids. Join us as Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin kicks off the seventh annual PB&J Challenge at St. Charles Borromeo School on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. David Seebach will entertain the school children with a PB&J themed magic show and encourage them to participate in the PB&J Challenge.
Stickee, the PB&J Challenge mascot, and Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks mascot will also participate.
The PB&J Challenge is a food drive that encourages elementary and middle school children to collect peanut butter and jelly to help feed hungry children. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a simple meal packed with protein. In eastern Wisconsin, 87,000 children rely on Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin for food.
Schools collecting the most peanut butter and jelly during the month of October are eligible for prizes and will be honored at halftime of the Milwaukee Bucks game on November 14, 2009. The public can donate peanut butter and jelly at participating Pick ‘n Save stores in the barrels featuring Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks mascot, throughout the month of October or they can make a donation online at www.feedingamericawi.org.
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235,000 people in Wisconsin rely on food supplied by Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin (formerly named America’s Second Harvest of Wisconsin) each year. The food bank is the largest, private, non-profit distributor of food in the state. Feeding America Food Bank distributes nearly 14 million pounds of food annually to 1,100 food pantries, meal programs and shelters throughout Wisconsin. Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Food Bank 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 200 million pounds of food. To learn more about hunger in Wisconsin, log onto www.feedingamericawi.org.
