| April 17, 2008 | ||
| 10:30 am | to | 2:00 pm |
Guests are asked to make a donation and will be served a simple meal of soup and bread. They will get to keep the donated ceramic soup bowls.
| April 14, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 am |
6th Annual Hot Rods & Hot Dogs classic car show to benefit the CFB. It will be held at the Raytheon Airport Facility.
100% of the proceeds donated by Raytheon employees will go to the Food Bank.
Hickman Family Farms from Buckeye, Arizona is expected to deliver over 5,800 dozen eggs to the Community Food Bank on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 9:00 AM for distribution in Southern Arizona. Bill Carnegie, Community Food Bank President/CEO will be on hand to accept the delivery from Mrs. Gertrude Hickman. The delivery will be made to the Community Food Bank, 3003 S. Country Club Road in Tucson.
1,600 dozen eggs will benefit Tucson’s Table agencies and 1,000 dozen eggs will go to the Kid’s Club sites. The remainder of the eggs will be distributed in rural southern Arizona.
The Kid’s Club eggs will be picked by the sites for use during their annual Easter activities. The Community Food Bank Kid’s Club program operates three days a week at nine different sites in the greater Tucson area – serving a total of 540 children. The Food Bank partners with the Tucson Parks and Recreation KIDCO program to provide children with free, nutritious snacks and lessons in nutrition.
Tucson’s Table provides dry and perishable food and non-food products packed in small and institutional size packing for use by non-profit, 501 (c) (3) agencies with on-site feeding programs. Tucson’s Table is currently serving over 300 agency feeding sites. The eggs will benefit the children served by the agencies along with other programs.
A photo opportunity with Mr. Carnegie accepting the over 5800 dozen egg delivery from Mrs. Hickman will be available at 9:00 AM. Carnegie will call on his early days to operate a forklift to unload the first pallets of eggs.
The egg donations from Hickman Farms are being coordinated statewide by the Association of Arizona Food Banks in Phoenix.
For more information, please contact Jack Parris at 622-0525 x 215.
| March 12, 2008 | to | March 27, 2008 |
The Community Food Bank is partnering this March with Habitat for Humanity Tucson, Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, Pima Community College and YMCA Foundation to bring you another round of write-a-will workshops.
Estate planning attorneys Robby Adamson, Kay Richter, and
Elizabeth Spilotro are volunteering their time to present the material.
For more information or to RSVP call 622-0525 ext. 218. Light refreshments will be served.
Do you need a will?
Did you know that less than one third of all people who die in the United States each year have a will, and that many of those wills are defective?
Do you need to accomplish any of the following? If so, you need a will.
EXPRESS YOUR LOVE… A person who dies without a will leaves their loved ones to make difficult decisions. Uncertainties about the deceased’s final wishes often lead to family turmoil.
AFFIRM YOUR BASIC BELIEFS AND COMMITMENTS… The preamble in your will can affirm the principals that guided you to make your decisions. This allows those interpreting your will insight into your choices. Those carrying out your wishes should understand them as fully as possible.
PUT YOURSELF IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT… A) Designate who will care for your dependent children; B) specify who will serve when it’s time to close your estate; C) decide on the timing for distribution of gifts; D) designate which charitable organizations you will support. Knowing that you have cared for loved ones and other concerns close to your heart can put you at ease.
SAFEGUARD YOUR ASSETS… Careful financial planning has helped you conserve your estate during life. Protect what you’ve worked for. A will can reduce probate costs in many states. It may also reduce, delay or even eliminate estate taxes. This way, more of what you worked for can benefit loved ones or carry out charitable intentions
| March 13, 2008 | ||
| 3:00 pm |
The Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market will open the 2008 season on Thursday, March 13th at 3:00 PM. The Market has a new location at the North East corner of Speedway and Riverview (between the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind and El Rio Neighborhood Center).
| March 29, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 11:00 am |
Registration includes:
the Hunger Walk 2008 T-shirt
The first 500 to register get a free pedometer!
Registration ends Friday, March 21
Please bring 2 cans of non- perishable food to the walk
The Community Food Bank’s Community Food Security Center will host a “Hunger Walk” on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Reid Park to benefit their non-traditional programs such as Home Gardening, the Marana Learning Farm, Family Advocacy, Gleaning, Farmers’ Markets, Water Harvesting and Demonstration Garden.
There also will be a food drive in conjunction with the walk and each participant is asked to bring two cans of food to the event. Many people think about feeding the hungry during the holidays, but forget the rest of the year. The “Hunger Walk” will help raise food and donations during the Food Bank’s normally slow period.
The walk will begin at 8:00 AM and will conclude by 11:00 AM. Registration fees are $20.00 for adults and $10.00 for children. Each walker will receive a “Hunger Walk” T-shirt. Final day to register is Friday, March 21, 2008. The starting point for the “Hunger Walk” will be Reid Park, Ramada 5 (use the south entrance off of 22nd street). Walkers may walk any portion of the track that circles Reid Park at their own pace. You may register to not walk and still receive an event T-shirt.
A limited supply of T-shirts will be available the day of the walk for $25.00.
The sponsor for the “Hunger Walk” is the University of Phoenix. At the conclusion of the “Hunger Walk” the University of Phoenix Learning Center at 300 S. Craycroft will be wrapping up their two week long “March Against Hunger.”
For more information, contact Varga Garland at (520) 622-0525 x 220 or Jack Parris at (520) 622-0525 x 215.
| March 17, 2008 | to | March 29, 2008 |
“March Against Hunger” at the University of Phoenix, 300 S. Craycroft. The University of Phoenix and Williams Centre area merchants will attempt to “stuff a classroom” with food and donations.
The University of Phoenix and the Community Food Bank will partner for a “March Against Hunger” from Monday, March 17 through Saturday, March 29, 2008. The goal of the event is to “Stuff a Classroom” with much-needed food at the University of Phoenix Tucson Learning Center at 300 S. Craycroft Road.
Many people think about feeding the hungry during the holidays, but they forget that hunger lasts year-round. Nearly 150,000 people in Pima County live in households where the income is below the poverty level; that includes about 50,000 children. And those numbers have increased since the economy worsened last year. In December alone, Tucson’s unemployment rate jumped from 4.1% to 4.7%, resulting in more than 20,000 people losing their jobs. Those unemployed and underemployed families often rely on emergency food boxes from the Food Bank. The demand for that emergency food increased by 22% in the past year—the Food Bank now gives out 15,000 food boxes every month. Unfortunately, food donations dwindle at this time of year, making it harder to fill those emergency food boxes.
That’s why the University of Phoenix has partnered with the Community Food Bank to “March Against Hunger” in the month of March. The goal is to collect enough food and donations to “Stuff a Classroom” at the University of Phoenix campus located in the Williams Centre. Non-perishable food items such as canned meat, canned vegetables, canned soups, cereal, peanut butter, canned fruit and canned tomato products are needed to make this event a success.
The University of Phoenix will ask other businesses in the Williams Centre area to join them for the “March Against Hunger” and help collect food and donations. Donations may be dropped of at the University of Phoenix, 300 S. Craycroft, Monday though Friday from 8:30 AM to 10:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Several activities will be scheduled between March 17 and March 29, culminating in a Hunger Walk at Reid Park at noon on Saturday, March 29, when all of the participating businesses will bring their food donations to the University of Phoenix to “Stuff a Classroom.”
All donations made during the “March Against Hunger” will benefit the Community Food Bank and will be matched by the Feinstein Foundation through its $1-Million Nationwide Challenge during the months of March and April.
For more information, contact Jodie La Farque at (520) 881-6514 x 75210 or Jack Parris at (520) 622-0525 x 215.
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