Benny from Gaslight Anthem has asked us to share some information about a charitable opportunity coming up soon, and he's such a handsome man that we could not refuse his request, which is as follows:
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Hello Everyone.
In an effort to do our small part in a very large struggle, we've
organized a food donation drive for our October 15th Terminal 5 show
in New York City. The Food Bank of New York City has been nice enough
to drop donation boxes at the venue and deliver them accordingly
after the show. Whatever non-perishable food you can bring to this show will
make a substantial difference.
For people outside the NYC area who would like to help, there is a
donation page set-up through FoodBankNYC to raise funds for the same
cause. That can be found here.
http://help.foodbanknyc.org/..site/TR/GoOrangeOnline/..General?team_id=2490&pg=team&..fr_id=1230
It's not asking a lot to carry a few cans to the show or donate
anything to the website. Really a small amount actually makes a
difference, unlike Presidential elections.
Thanks!
Benny & Gaslight Anthem
The food banks general manifesto is as follows:
Food Bank For
New York City recognizes 25 years as the city's major hunger-relief
organization. Working to end food poverty and increase access to
affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers throughout the
five boroughs, the Food Bank's initiatives focus on direct services,
food sourcing and distribution, nutrition and health education,
financial empowerment, disaster relief and policy and research.
There are approximately four million New Yorkers who experience
difficulty affording food — an astounding number and one that continues
to increase as the donated food supply drops to an all-time low and
food costs skyrocket. To address this issue, the Food Bank procures and
distributes food to a network of approximately 1,000 food assistance
programs citywide. In addition, we provide food safety and
capacity-building workshops; manage school nutrition education
programs, after-school and emergency food programs; conduct food stamp
prescreening and outreach; operate a Senior Food Program and a soup
kitchen and food pantry; coordinate the largest Free Tax Assistance
Program in the country; and develop policy and conduct research to
inform community and government efforts to end food poverty throughout
New York City.
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Please do what you can to help out this worthy cause.
Thanks, and see you at the show!
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