Shop ‘til We Stop Hunger This Weekend

Milwaukee, Wis.- Take advantage of that extra hour after turning your clock back this weekend to Shop ‘til We Stop Hunger. From October 30 through November 2, participating boutiques of the Third Ward in Downtown Milwaukee in conjunction with Serve 60 are offering discounts on purchases to customers who bring in canned goods or other nonperishable items. All food collected will go to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.

Discounts vary based on the amount donated ranging from a 10% discount when two cans are donated to 25% when five items are donated. Participating boutiques include Freckle Face, Lela, Luci and others.

For more information about the event contact Kate Blake of Serve 60 at 414.765.2355.

SERVE 60™ is a national grassroots effort designed to increase service and volunteerism across America. On the weekend of November 1, 2009, we are calling on all Americans to turn their Daylight Savings Time weekend into a community service weekend by pledging to SERVE 60™.

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235,000 people rely on food supplied by Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin each year.  The food bank is the largest, private, non-profit distributor of food in the state. Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin distributes more than 12 million pounds of food annually to 1,100 food pantries, meal programs and shelters throughout eastern Wisconsin.  Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is affiliated with Feeding America, formerly named America’s Second Harvest, 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.