Scout for Food in February
Boy Scouts of the Great Southwest Council will host their annual Scouting for Food Drive starting Saturday, February 4 through Saturday, February 11. Scouts throughout the state will begin distributing bags to homes on Saturday, February 4th encouraging and reminding the homeowners to leave out a non-perishable food to hunger relief organizations. Scouts will return to homes where the bags were delivered the second Saturday (February 11th) to pick up any food donations left by homeowners.
In the Albuquerque metro area, non-perishable food collected will benefit Roadrunner Food Bank. Since Scouts aren’t able to leave a bag at every home in the metro area, community members that do not receive a flier or bag at their residence may bring non-perishable food to:
- On 2/11/2012:
- LDS Church at 4500 Ellison Rd. NW (from 10 am to 2 pm)
- Roadrunner Food Bank at 5840 Office Blvd NE (from 10 am to 2 pm)
- Regular drop off locations – View locations HERE
A list of needed items:
- Boxed Meals
- Canned Entrees
- Canned Fruit
- Canned Meats
- Canned Vegetables
- Cereal
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Pasta and Sauces
- Peanut Butter & Jelly
- Rice
- Soup
- Sugar
All the bags used for the drive will be recycled. For more information, contact Andrew Goldston at the Scout Office at 503-2387 or visit www.gswcbsa.org.
Corrales Bosque Gallery Opening – February 18th
For the 10th year, the Corrales Bosque Gallery will host their February opening as a fundraising event for Roadrunner Food Bank. The February show, called “Another Place at the Table,” will open on February 18th from 10 am to 5 pm and end on May 15th.
On Saturday, February 18th, 40% of opening day sales will be donated to Roadrunner Food Bank. Non-perishable food donations will also be accepted.
Special thanks to the Corrales Bistro Brewery, Frontier Mart, Hannah and Nate’s, Indigo Crow, Oasis Coffee and Tea, Perea’s, Un Petit Morceau and Village Pizza for providing food for the event.
For information call 898.7203 or visit www.corralesbosquegallery.com. The opening will be held at the gallery located at 4685 Corrales Road in Corrales.
Souper Bowl 2012
This past weekend, more than 1,200 guests came to Roadrunner Food Bank to enjoy soup and dessert from more than 45 restaurants.
In addition to sampling soups and desserts, attendees had the opportunity to vote for their favorite soup, vegetarian soup, dessert and best booth. Here are the restaurant winners:
People’s Choice Soup Winners
First Place and Souper Bowl Champion
Artichoke Cafe for their Butternut Squash Crawfish Bisque
Second Place
Kelly’s Brew Pub for their Cream of Green Chile Chicken
Third Place
Standard Diner for their Bourbon Lobster Bisque
People’s Choice Vegetarian Soup Winners
First Place
Johndhi’s BBQ for their Gazpacho
Second Place (tie)
AKayTahRing Company for their Green Chile Chicken Chowder
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Savory Fare for their Tomato Artichoke Bisque
Third Place
Gecko’s Bar and Tapas for their Fire Roasted Chipotle Carrot Chowder
People Choice – Dessert Winners
First Place
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Second Place
Artichoke Cafe
Third Place
Farina Pizzeria and Wine Bar
People’s Choice Best Booth Winner
Embassy Suites & Spa’s: Cypress Grille
During the event, a panel of eight judges also selected the top three Critics’ Choice soups.
Critics’ Choice Soup Winners
First Place
Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown for their Green Chile Chicken and Mushroom
Second Place
Marriot Uptown for their Cream of Calabacita with Green Chile and Smoked Chicken
Third Place
Street Food Asia for their Curry Laska
Thank you to all the restaurants, chef, guests, sponsors, in-kind donors, volunteers that help make this event a success. The 2011 event was recognized by the Weekly Alibi as a “Best of Burque Winner.” Thank you to everyone who nominated and selected us for this wonderful honor.
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2012 Participating Restaurants > > >
List of Donors Contributing to our Prize Drawing > > >
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Thank you 2012 Souper Bowl Sponsors
Giving Via Text Message
Roadrunner Food Bank now has the ability to accept $10 donations through text messaging.
Simply text RRFB to 20222 or scan the QR code at the bottom of the page from your smartphone.
A one-time donation of $10.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. All donations must be authorized by the account holder. User must be age 18 or older or have parental permission to participate. By texting YES, the user agrees to the terms and conditions. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Service is available on most carriers. Donations are collected for the benefit of Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico by the Mobile Giving Foundation and subject to the terms found at www.hmgf.org/t. Message & Data Rates May Apply. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting STOP to short code 20222; text HELP to 20222 for help.
For the Mobile Giving Foundation’s Privacy Policy click HERE.
Thanks for considering a gift through our Mobile Giving Program!
Stories from the Hungry
Hungry people continue to need our help because they don’t always have enough money for food. Sometimes they have run out of available resources when retirement isn’t enough to last all month; social security or disability funds only get them through the 15 or 20th of the month; or they are working, but their wages aren’t enough to feed their entire family. And so many are new to hunger with a recent layoff, reduction of work hours or benefits are cut, and suddenly they have no way to make ends meet.
As our partners, we want you to meet some of the people your support is helping.
You can read about how a child, a senior, a family and adults struggle with the ability to have enough to eat. Through our Hunger Videos you can meet people in our own community who rely on the agencies we distribute food to and the programs we provide to make sure they have food in their home, when personal resources have run out.
Your support is helping nearly 40,000 different people EVERY week, and every $1 you contribute helps us provide $9 worth of food in our community. Remember, many of them are children who have no way to provide for themselves.
Thank you for supporting our work to end hunger in New Mexico. You are helping people you may never meet, but they will be forever grateful for the help you give.
