The Community Food Bank & NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre Present:

We Are What We Eat
Stories and dance about the food we eat and the systems that feed us
Featuring choreography and dance by NEW ARTiculations artists as well as Tucson community
members who love to eat, cook, grow food, and dance!
3 performances:

Thursday, April 24   
5:00 pm (free, excerpts only)
Santa Cruz River Farmer’s Market (new location)
1390 W. Speedway Blvd.

Saturday, April 26    
2:30 pm (free) 
Community Food Bank
3003 S. Country Club Rd.

Sunday, April 27   
6:00 pm  ($12/$15)
Tucson Botanical Gardens
2150 N. Alvernon Rd.

Come early to enjoy the gardens, learn about Tucson food organizations,  and sample tasty food. Performance begins at 7:00 pm.  Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Available at Antigone Books,  411 N. 4th Ave. or online at www.newarticulations.org.

Information: 405-4138 or 882-6092
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About the project:

We Are What We Eat is a collaboration between NEW ARTiculations and the Community Food Security Center of the Community Food Bank. The project uses modern dance and community stories to reveal how food connects us to each other, our environment, and our everyday lives. Through interactive workshops in dance, writing, and discussion, the project has engaged over 100 community participants in a “moving dialogue” about food issues. Participants have included City High School students, Pistor Middle School students, Pima Community College Family Literacy classes, and the public-at-large. Performance material comes directly from community contributions. A dozen community participants will perform with the company.

The project is one in a series of Community Food Bank endeavors utilizing the arts to educate people about their responsibilities as consumers and eaters dependent on a food system. Future projects will include digital storytelling, large-scale public art, literary arts, photography, and music.

We Are What We Eat is supported by the Tucson Pima Arts Council, Punch Woods Endowment Fund, Community Food Bank, NEW ARTiculations, DanceLoft, and many generous individuals.

The Community Food Bank & NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre Present:

We Are What We Eat
Stories and dance about the food we eat and the systems that feed us
Featuring choreography and dance by NEW ARTiculations artists as well as Tucson community
members who love to eat, cook, grow food, and dance!
3 performances:

Thursday, April 24   
5:00 pm (free, excerpts only)
Santa Cruz River Farmer’s Market (new location)
1390 W. Speedway Blvd.

Saturday, April 26    
2:30 pm (free) 
Community Food Bank
3003 S. Country Club Rd.

Sunday, April 27   
6:00 pm  ($12/$15)
Tucson Botanical Gardens
2150 N. Alvernon Rd.

Come early to enjoy the gardens, learn about Tucson food organizations,  and sample tasty food. Performance begins at 7:00 pm.  Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Available at Antigone Books,  411 N. 4th Ave. or online at www.newarticulations.org.

Information: 405-4138 or 882-6092
***
About the project:

We Are What We Eat is a collaboration between NEW ARTiculations and the Community Food Security Center of the Community Food Bank. The project uses modern dance and community stories to reveal how food connects us to each other, our environment, and our everyday lives. Through interactive workshops in dance, writing, and discussion, the project has engaged over 100 community participants in a “moving dialogue” about food issues. Participants have included City High School students, Pistor Middle School students, Pima Community College Family Literacy classes, and the public-at-large. Performance material comes directly from community contributions. A dozen community participants will perform with the company.

The project is one in a series of Community Food Bank endeavors utilizing the arts to educate people about their responsibilities as consumers and eaters dependent on a food system. Future projects will include digital storytelling, large-scale public art, literary arts, photography, and music.

We Are What We Eat is supported by the Tucson Pima Arts Council, Punch Woods Endowment Fund, Community Food Bank, NEW ARTiculations, DanceLoft, and many generous individuals.

The Community Food Bank & NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre Present:

We Are What We Eat
Stories and dance about the food we eat and the systems that feed us
Featuring choreography and dance by NEW ARTiculations artists as well as Tucson community
members who love to eat, cook, grow food, and dance!
3 performances:

Thursday, April 24   
5:00 pm (free, excerpts only)
Santa Cruz River Farmer’s Market (new location)
1390 W. Speedway Blvd.

Saturday, April 26    
2:30 pm (free) 
Community Food Bank
3003 S. Country Club Rd.

Sunday, April 27   
6:00 pm  ($12/$15)
Tucson Botanical Gardens
2150 N. Alvernon Rd.

Come early to enjoy the gardens, learn about Tucson food organizations,  and sample tasty food. Performance begins at 7:00 pm.  Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Available at Antigone Books,  411 N. 4th Ave. or online at www.newarticulations.org.

Information: 405-4138 or 882-6092
***
About the project:

We Are What We Eat is a collaboration between NEW ARTiculations and the Community Food Security Center of the Community Food Bank. The project uses modern dance and community stories to reveal how food connects us to each other, our environment, and our everyday lives. Through interactive workshops in dance, writing, and discussion, the project has engaged over 100 community participants in a “moving dialogue” about food issues. Participants have included City High School students, Pistor Middle School students, Pima Community College Family Literacy classes, and the public-at-large. Performance material comes directly from community contributions. A dozen community participants will perform with the company.

The project is one in a series of Community Food Bank endeavors utilizing the arts to educate people about their responsibilities as consumers and eaters dependent on a food system. Future projects will include digital storytelling, large-scale public art, literary arts, photography, and music.

We Are What We Eat is supported by the Tucson Pima Arts Council, Punch Woods Endowment Fund, Community Food Bank, NEW ARTiculations, DanceLoft, and many generous individuals.

The Kind Faith Education Foundation’s “Child & Family Expo” on Saturday, April 26, 2008 will benefit the Marana Community Food Bank.  The Expo will be held at Ora Mae Harn Park (13250 N. Lon Adams Road) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Area businesses will be on hand to showcase their products and services, some with hands-on demonstrations.  There will be giant slides, face painting, train rides, carnival games and a lot more for the kids. Hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, sno-cones and sodas will be available for refreshments.

Admission is free to the public and all ages are welcome.  Food and game tickets are five for $1.00 and unlimited rides bracelets are $10.00 each.

Donate two canned food items at the Expo and receive $1.00 off the price of an unlimited ride bracelet.  Donate one food item and receive a free popcorn or soda.  All non-perishable food items will be donated to the Marana Community Food Bank.  The goal is to collect 3,000 pounds of canned goods to benefit the Food Bank.

For information, contact Vicky Tantlinger at (520) 982-9019 or Cecelia Munoz at (520) 682-3001.

The University of Arizona’s 2008 Spring Fling will again benefit the Community Food Bank.  The partnership with Spring Fling is part of the campus wide UA4 Food drive that brings together faculty, staff, students and area merchants to raise money and food for the Community Food Bank.  Spring Fling takes place at Rillito Downs (North 1st and River Road) April 10 through April 13, 2008.

The UA Spring Fling is the largest student run carnival in the nation.  It raises money for student clubs, organizations, events, and service work, but also benefits the Tucson community.  This year, Spring Fling will aid the Community Food Bank’s Child Hunger and Nutrition Programs.  They are “Kids Club”, “Snak Paks for Kids”® and “Summer Meals.”  All of the programs are designed to prevent childhood hunger and help children succeed in school.

Attendees at this year’s Spring Fling on Thursday, April 10 and Friday, April 11, 2008, can combine fun and philanthropy.  A donation of canned food and a jar of peanut butter will reduce their Spring Fling wrist band purchase by $5.   

“The partnership between Spring Fling and the Community Food Bank has been a great success for both organizations in the past,” said Alex Manuel, Spring Fling Executive Director. “We hope to have even greater success for this year’s event and increase donations from the $5 discount on wristbands.”

For further information, contact Alex Manuel at 621-5610.

The New Life Health Center at 4841 E. Speedway will host a “Go Local-Go-Green Fair” on Saturday, March 29, 2008 to promote locally made foods and products and meet the people behind some of our local businesses.  The event will be held from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  

Locally made items from mesquite tortillas, bread, prickly pear nectar to balms, dog treats, coffee, honey, art card and more will be available. Scheduled to participate are Small Planet Bakery, Grassroots, Synergy Fare, Canine Crunchies, Arizona Cactus Ranch, Tortilleria Arevado, Mabu Herbals, Herbescent Looseleaf Teas, Cassie’s Tea, Sue Chow (local artist), Leslie Shultx (local artist) and Adventure Coffee Roasting.

Donate non-perishable food items for the Community Food Bank and receive an entry in the big raffle for local products.  The Food Bank’s most needed items at this time are canned meats, canned vegetables, canned soups, peanut butter, canned tomato products and cereal.

For information, contact Rebecca Weinstein at New Life Health Center (520) 312-4230.

 Kitty Ufford-Chase, Faith Community Coordinator at the Community Food Bank, offers a five-session course at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, (just East of Swan on 22nd St.) on issues surrounding food and faith Monday evenings from April 7 through May 5 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the Awareness meeting room.

The following will be explored:

•  The history of supermarkets, current and future trends, and how the supermarket fits into the global food system.
• Supermarket advertising, marketing and consumption: understanding the corporate role, and the messages we get from supermarkets.
• Environmental impacts within the supermarket itself, in its supply chain, and in the household.
• Social justice in the food system and supermarkets from middle-class and low-income perspectives: accessibility, affordability, and food appropriateness.
• Looking at alternatives and options for action to support a more just food system.

The fee for the five-session class is $15 to cover supplies; any money left over will be donated to the Food Bank by UUCT. Scholarships are always available and always given. Please email mike-greenbaum@qwestoffice.net  or call him at 326-8831 to sign up. Payment may be made by credit card by calling Jean in the church office at 748-1551.

“Fry’s Food Bank Fridays”
To Benefit the Community Food Bank

Fry’s Food Stores in Tucson will host “Fry’s Food Bank Fridays” during March, April, May and June 2008 to benefit the Community Food Bank.  Each Friday during these four months, one Fry’s location will conduct a “Fry’s Food Bank Fridays.” 

 Food Bank volunteers and staff will be on hand from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the designated dates to pass out flyers with the most needed items to help feed the hungry in Tucson.  Customers are asked to donate those items on their way out of the Fry’s store.

Following are the participating Fry’s locations and the dates for “Food Bank Fridays” at those stores.
Fry’s at:

7812 E Speedway – Friday, March 14th 
3920 E. Grant Rd. – Friday, March 21st     
7050 E. Golf Links. Rd. – Friday, April 18th   
2001 E. Irvington Road – Friday, April 25th  
8080 E. Houghton Road – Friday, May 2nd     
2480 N. Swan Road – Friday, May 16th   
4036 N. 1st Ave. – Friday, May 30th    
3640 S. 16th Ave. – Friday, June 6th  
555 E. Grant Road – Friday, June 13th          
902 W. Irvington – Friday, June 20th      
4150 E. 22nd – Friday, June 27th

 For more information, contact Jacob Coldsmith, Community Food Bank Food Drive Coordinator at (520) 622-0525 x 260.

Lodge 933, Golf Tournament to benefit CFB at Santa Rita Golf Course.

at the Main Library, 101 N. Stone.

Annual employee auction will bid on donated items.