ADVISORY/Boston College Alumni Association and The Greater Boston Food Bank Celebrate an On-Going Partnership In the Fight Against Hunger.Business/Sports Editors and Education Writers ADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (April 1) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: The Boston College Alumni Association and The Greater Boston
Food Bank celebrate a strong partnership at their 12th Annual
Second Helping Gala fundraising event: "Foolin' at Fenway" to
take place Saturday, April 1.
WHAT: Second Helping, a perishable food rescue program, was
founded in 1989 as a joint program of The Greater Boston Food
Bank and the Boston College Alumni Association. Second Helping
annually collects and distributes approximately 200,000 pounds
of nutritious, perishable food that would have otherwise been
wasted. Thanks to fundraising efforts by Boston College alumni,
Second Helping provides nearly 156,000 meals to 22 emergency
feeding programs throughout eastern Massachusetts.
Second Helping is a critical link between restaurants, hotels,
hospitals, caterers, and corporate cafeterias seeking to donate
surplus food to area non-profit shelters that feed Boston's
hungry. The program has over 170 participating donors including,
Boston College Dining Services, Streamline, Sodexho Marriott,
Bread & Circus, Lantana, Brighams & Women's Hospital, Saint
Elizabeth's Hospital, Tuft's University, and Newbury College
Culinary Arts Department. Many local signature events also
donate surplus food to Second Helping including The Ryder Cup,
The Boston Marathon, The International Seafood Show, and others.
The Boston College Alumni Gala is an annual event, which raised
$125,000 in 1999. The Gala is co-sponsored by the Boston Red
Sox, which donates, among other things, the venue of the 600
Club, and will be attended by long-time supporter and CEO John
Harrington and the organization's Vice President, John Buckley.
The evening consists of live and silent auctions, open bar, food
stations, live entertainment, and a spectacular view of the
Fenway Park!
WHERE: The 600 Club
Fenway Park
Boston, Mass.
WHEN: Saturday, April 1, 2000
7:00 p.m. - Midnight
TO ATTEND: To purchase tickets, contact the Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing Alumni Association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni at 617-552-4700. For additional information about the Second Helping Program or 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, contact Amy Riemer at 978-475-4441. Amy will also be able to assist with arranging interviews or receiving photos from the Boston College Alumni Gala event. |
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