ADVISORY/The Boston College Alumni Association Presents the 15th Annual Second Helping Gala to Benefit The Greater Boston Food Bank.

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ADVISORY...for Saturday (March 29)

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WHAT:   The Boston College Alumni Association presents the Fifteenth
        Annual Second Helping Gala, with the proceeds benefiting The
        Greater Boston Food Bank's Second Helping perishable and
        prepared food rescue program. Over the past 14 years, the BC
        Gala has raised over $1.3 million for The Greater Boston Food
        Bank's Second Helping program, making the Boston College
        Alumni Association The Food Bank's largest single financial
        donor.

WHEN:   Saturday, March 29, 2003
        7:00 p.m. - midnight

WHERE:  .406 Club - Fenway Park (Previously known as the 600 Club)
        Yawkey Way, Boston, MA

WHO:    The Second Helping Gala offers an evening of great food, a
        live and silent auction, an open bar, entertainment and a
        top-of-the-world view of Fenway Park! The Gala is open to the
        public and tickets are $100 per person and can be purchased by
        calling 617-552-4700.

        The Boston College Alumni Association and The Greater Boston
        Food Bank founded the Second Helping Program in 1989. This
        perishable and prepared food rescue program annually collects
        and distributes 207,000 pounds of nutritious, perishable food
        that otherwise would have been wasted. With the help of the
        Boston College Alumni Association and their on-going
        commitment to the program, the proceeds from this event,
        provides Second Helping with nearly 159,000 meals to 24
        emergency feeding programs throughout eastern Massachusetts
        every year.

        Second Helping is a critical link between restaurants, hotels,
        hospitals, caterers and corporate cafeterias seeking to donate
        surplus food to area non-profit shelters feeding the hungry in
        Eastern Massachusetts. The program has over 170 participating
        donors including, Boston College Dining Services, Sodexho
        Marriott, Westin Hotel-Boston, Bread & Circus, Newbury
        College, and many local restaurants.

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 over 800 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 20 million pounds of food, which is the equivalent of almost 15 million meals. For more information about the BC Gala, contact: Tracey Doolin, special events manager for The Greater Boston Food Bank at 617-427-5200 ext. 5050 or visit www.gbfb.org.