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Hunger Awareness Day |
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Dine Out
Help Out to End Hunger This Tuesday June 5th, you can help feed hungry New Mexicans by going out for lunch or dinner at one of the Dine Out Help Out to End Hunger restaurants.
Sponsored by the New Mexico Restaurant Association, twelve restaurants statewide are participating in the inaugural Dine Out Help Out to End Hunger in New Mexico.
Proceeds from the day will benefit Roadrunner Food Bank, Santa Fe Food Depot, and the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico in Clovis. The restaurants are donating between 5-20% of their proceeds.
Participating restaurants include:
Our very special thanks to the
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Upcoming Events |
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Special Events Roadrunner Food Bank's FOOD BOXING OLYMPICS 2007
Roadrunner is hosting our signature Food Boxing Olympics 2007 on June 5th between 9:00am-11:00am in the parking lot of the Food Bank. Thirty four government, church, media and corporate teams are competing for the gold, silver and bronze “Can” Awards by building the most “Seniors Helpings Boxes”.
Last year, Albertson’s took home the prize with 51 boxes in 10 minutes. Teams of 6 representatives will race with shopping carts filling boxes of supplemental foods for low-income seniors. Roadrunner Food Bank’s Senior Helpings program feeds more than 1200 seniors a month who live on low fixed incomes.
The 2007 Food Boxing Olympics is sponsored by Cardinal Health with refreshments generously provided by Albertson’s.
Participating business include: New Mexico Sports and Wellness, Albertson’s, Wells Fargo, Abba Technologies, Don Chalmers Ford, New Mexico Business Weekly, Lovelace Senior Plan, Sysco, General Mills, Ray’s Flooring, PNM, Workspace Dynamics, Albuquerque Board of Realtors, Samaritan Counseling Center, Sandia National Labs, Kirtland AFB Space Electronics, 898 MUNS, St. John’s United Methodist Church, Rotary Del Norte and Sagebrush Community Church.
New for 2007 – The Great Mascot Race! – Trey the Thunderbird, Orbit from the Isotopes, Stanley the Scorpion, Lucky the Leprechaun (General Mills) Jack the Dog (Wells Fargo), Blue Bear (BCBS) and the Albuquerque Rotary Duck will kick off the event at 9am with a 5 minute competition. Richard Eeds from KKOB /770am is the Emcee for the event.
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THANK YOU! Albertson's Supermarkets Albertson’s Corporate is making a $10,000 contribution in honor of the day to Roadrunner Food Bank. Albertson’s is one of our partner supermarkets. Roadrunner Food Bank trucks pick up daily from the local Albertson’s stores.
Macy's Department Stores Bag Hunger with Macy’s -- Area Macy’s stores are participating in the annual food and funds program Macy’s Bag Hunger. Associates and customers are urged to donate food and funds through the program which will run through June 22. |
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Full Plate Society |
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Welcome New Full Plate Members!
The Bank of Albuquerque, Deane Berlin, Mark Chavez and Robert Stamm are the newest members of the Full Plate SocietyI Full Plate Society members pledge to contribute a minimum $1,000 a year for five years. Multi-year pledges help Roadrunner Food Bank to plan more effectively for programs and services. For only $84 per month, you can make it possible for Roadrunner Food Bank to distribute $9,000 worth of food each year due to the exceptional efficiency of our operations. Thank you to all 106 of our Full Plate Society members!
If you would like to join or learn more about the Full Plate Society, please contact Stephanie Silver at 247-2052 ext 127 or send an email to stephanie@rrfb.org.
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Food For Thought Tours |
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Do you want to know more about Roadrunner Food Bank? Come see how you can help us end hunger. We host a one-hour tour of the food bank which can be scheduled at your convenience. Please contact Jasmin Holmstrup at 505-247-2052 ext 129 or send an email for more information to jasmin@rrfb.org.
Family Fun Tours Roadrunner Food Bank invites parents with children under the age of 10 to experience our warehouse. Through a tour and hands on experience sorting non-perishable food, children will learn how Roadrunner Food Bank processes 60,000 lbs of food per day. If your family is interested in joining us, please contact Patty Gillis at 247-2052 ext. 101 or send an EMAIL. |
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Please help us to spread the word! FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER. Share with your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, or anyone you know that cares about making a difference in the lives of our hungry neighbors. Our success in the fight against hunger depends on the support of people like you. |
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Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico 2645 Baylor Drive SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Phone: 505-247-2052 Web: www.rrfb.org Email: info@rrfb.org Copyright © 2000-2007 Roadrunner Food Bank, Inc all rights reserved Thank you for your continued support of Roadrunner Food Bank's mission to end hunger in New Mexico! For more information on what we're doing about hunger, please visit our web site at www.rrfb.org.
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