ADVISORY/Governor Mitt Romney to Help Inspect and Sort Food That Will Be Donated to the Hungry During His Visit to The Greater Boston Food Bank This Afternoon.

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ADVISORY...for Tuesday (June 3, 2003)

MASSACHUSETTS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003

Over 600 Volunteers, including Governor Romney, to Garner Enough

Food for 153,000 Meals

WHO:    Governor Mitt Romney will visit The Greater Boston Food Bank
        this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. to sort food with 60 students from
        Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody and St. John's Prep in
        Danvers. Governor Romney's visit is a prelude to National
        Hunger Awareness Day, which is a nationwide event, taking
        place on Thursday, June 5th. The food that Governor Romney and
        the volunteer high school students sort will be donated to
        families throughout eastern Massachusetts - including some of
        the 100,000 children who are at-risk of going to bed hungry on
        any given day during the summer.

        "We are thrilled that the Governor and these volunteer high
        school students will help us to focus the attention on
        children, because as school ends - and with it school
        breakfast and lunch - many children face summers where access
        to the food they need is uncertain," commented Catherine
        D'Amato, president and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank.
        "During the summer, some kids worry about when the ice-cream
        truck will arrive. Others worry about when their next meal
        will arrive."

        EDITOR'S NOTE: Governor Romney and Catherine D'Amato,
        president and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank will be
        available for a photo opportunity with the students and will
        also be available around 3:00pm for interviews on the state of
        child hunger in the Commonwealth.

WHERE:  The Greater Boston Food Bank
        99 Atkinson Street, Boston, MA 02118

WHEN:   Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WHAT:   The Greater Boston Food Bank, the largest non-profit food
        distribution organization in New England, is using National
        Hunger Awareness Day as a platform to kick-off a summertime
        awareness campaign to spotlight the issue of child hunger.
        During the week of June 2 and all day on Thursday, June 5,
        volunteers from area corporations and high schools will
        participate in food sorting competitions at The Greater Boston
        Food Bank's 65,000 sq. ft. headquarters at 99 Atkinson Street
        in Boston's New Market District.

        About National Hunger Awareness Day

        Now in its second year, the awareness building initiative was
        created by America's Second Harvest, the organization that
        serves as the hub for the nation's network of food banks. The
        local theme for National Hunger Awareness Day, 2003 is, "There
        are 100,000 little reasons to fight hunger in eastern
        Massachusetts." For more information call 617-427-5200 or
        visit www.gbfb.org.