ADVISORY/ The Greater Boston Food Bank Hosts First-Ever Food Sorting Competition to Mark National Hunger Awareness Day.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tues.-Fri. (June 4-7) BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002 Several area businesses, including FleetBoston Financial FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts-based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; all of its banks and branches were given the Bank of America logo. and State Street Corporation, to join non-profit groups and local high schools in volunteering program In the spirit of National Hunger Awareness Day, the Massachusetts business community is pitching in to make a difference in the lives of those in need. This afternoon, volunteers from FleetBoston Financial and State Street Corporation will be on-site at The Greater Boston Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. While Metro Boston tends to be the "Inner Core" surrounding the City of Boston, Greater Boston overlaps the North and South Shores, as well as the MetroWest region. Food Bank's 99 Atkinson Street warehouse to participate in a Volunteer Food Sorting Competition. This event is one of several being held by The Greater Boston Food Bank during the course of the week. America's Second Harvest America's Second Harvest is a United States based nonprofit organization. It consists of a nation-wide network of more than 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations that serve virtually every county in the United States as well as Puerto Rico. and its 215 affiliate food banks and food rescue programs nation-wide are also hosting various activities and events to mark National Hunger Awareness Day. Every year, The Greater Boston Food Bank receives millions of pounds of donated food, and depends on volunteers from area businesses, non-profit groups, local high schools as well as individuals to help sort the food for easy distribution. Throughout this week, volunteer groups will compete against each other to see who can sort the greatest amount of food in a given time span. Following is a schedule for the competitions:
Tuesday, June 4, 2002
2:30 - 5:00 p.m.: Matignon High School (Cambridge) vs. Trinity High
School (Newton)
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.: Fidelity vs. PricewaterhouseCoopers
Wednesday, June 5, 2002
2:30 - 5:00 p.m.: State Street Corporation vs. FleetBoston Financial
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.: Boston Cares vs. PricewaterhouseCoopers
Thursday, June 6, 2002
2:30 - 5:00 p.m.: Bishop Fenwick High School (Peabody) vs. Lexington
Christian Academy
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.: Fidelity vs. John Hancock
Friday, June 7, 2002
2:30 - 5:00 p.m.: Cirelli Foods vs. Teen Challenge
"As the need for food in our community grows, so does the need for volunteers. During this week we are looking to every resident in eastern Massachusetts to make a commitment to volunteer at The Food Bank or at a local pantry or soup kitchen at least once between now and Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. " comments Catherine D'Amato president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of The Greater Boston Food Bank. "We are grateful to companies such as FleetBoston Financial, State Street, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fidelity, Cirelli Foods and John Hancock, who consistently donate their time to The Food Bank. However we need more companies, schools, community groups and individuals to follow suit during these trying times." "FleetBoston has had a relationship with the Food Bank since 1995. Since then, we have had almost 5,000 volunteers assist with a variety of projects," said Karen Stephenson, senior manager of Community Service at FleetBoston. "In addition to sorting food, we've worked with The Food Bank on the Super Hunger Brunch, turkey donations, and several other programs, which seek to meet the needs of the community. We are pleased to be part of this friendly sort competition as it raises awareness of how we as individuals -- and businesses -- can help feed the hungry." As with FleetBoston, State Street Corporation offers its employees a chance to volunteer and make a difference through their global outreach volunteer program, which was launched in Feb. 2001. By last year's end, over 1500 State Street volunteers had worked more than 10,000 hours in 92 service projects, including volunteering at The Greater Boston Food Bank. "Our employees really appreciate the opportunity to help make a difference for those in need and are particularly pleased to be volunteering on National Hunger Awareness Day," said State Street's George A. Russell Jr., executive vice president of Community Affairs. "The fact that we learn exactly how many hungry people we feed every time we work here makes the volunteer experience extremely rewarding." In addition to the volunteer food sorting competition, The Greater Boston Food Bank has planned a series of events and activities throughout the week designed to draw attention to the needs of hungry people as well as ways in which people can help. The overall goal of this effort is to raise awareness of the very real existence of hunger in our communities, as well as educate people as to how they can help. To learn more about volunteering at The Greater Boston Food Bank, visit www.gbfb.org/volunteer.htm or call 617-427-5200. About FleetBoston Financial FleetBoston Financial is the seventh-largest financial holding company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . A diversified financial The diversified financial services segment includes a range of consumer and commercially-oriented companies offering a wide variety of products and services, including various lending products (such as home equity loans and credit cards), insurance, and securities and investment services company with assets of $192 billion, Fleet offers a comprehensive array of innovative financial solutions to 20 million customers in more than 20 countries and territories. Among the company's key lines of business are: retail banking, with more than 1,500 branches and more than 3,700 ATMs in the Northeast; corporate banking, including capital markets/investment banking and commercial finance; investment services, including nationwide brokerage; and full-service banking through more than 250 offices in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . FleetBoston Financial is headquartered in Boston and listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : FBF FBF Forearm Blood Flow FBF Frankfurt Book Fair FBF Feedback Form FBF Frame by Frame (animation technique) FBF FleetBoston Financial Corporation (stock symbol) FBF Fundamental Baptist Fellowship ) and the Boston Stock Exchange The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) is a regional stock exchange located in Boston, Massachusetts. The third-oldest stock exchange in the United States, it was founded in 1834. On October 2nd, 2007 Nasdaq agreed to acquire BSE for $61 million. (BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). : FBF). About State Street Bank State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT STT State Street Corporation (stock symbol) STT Suomen Tietotoimisto (Finnish National News Agency) STT Secure Transaction Technology STT Surface Tension Transfer (welding) ) is the world's leading specialist in providing sophisticated global investors with investment servicing, investment management, investment research and trading services. With $6.3 trillion in assets under custody and $808 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. , State Street is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New and operates in 22 countries and 100 markets worldwide. For more information, visit State Street's web site at www.statestreet.com. About The Greater Boston Food Bank The Greater Boston Food Bank is a non-profit clearinghouse for donated food, which is distributed to a network of 750 food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, daycare centers for children at risk, and other charitable feeding agencies throughout nine counties in eastern Massachusetts. The Greater Boston Food Bank is one of New England's largest hunger relief organizations, annually distributing 18 million pounds of food, which is the equivalent of almost 14 million meals. For more information, visit www.gbfb.org or call 617-427-5200. |
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