ADVISORY/The Greater Boston Food Bank to Host Several Events to Commemorate National Hunger Awareness Day.

News Editors/Calendar Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (June 4)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greater Boston Food Bank

WHAT:       National Hunger Awareness Day is June 3rd. It's time to
            make sure the residents of eastern Massachusetts are aware
            of the issue of hunger, and how they can get involved to
            help The Greater Boston Food Bank work to solve the
            problem. Hunger is a silent epidemic. 173,000 kids in the
            greater Boston area are at risk of going to bed hungry.
            They literally cannot rely on a full plate at mealtime,
            particularly during the summer when they don't have access
            to school breakfast or lunch.

            To help raise awareness about the issue of summertime
            hunger, The Greater Boston Food Bank will be hosting
            several events to commemorate National Hunger Awareness
            Day.

HIGHLIGHTS: --  Hunger Forum: The Greater Boston Food Bank and The
                Boston Foundation will host a Hunger Forum starting at
                8:30 a.m. on Friday, June 4, at The Boston Foundation
                offices at 75 Arlington Street. Pulitzer Prize winning
                author, David Shipler, will keynote the event. Shipler
                recently published a book entitled The Working Poor:
                Invisible in America. Catherine D'Amato, The Greater
                Boston Food Bank's President and CEO will moderate a
                panel of local experts on our community's working
                poor. RSVP to [e-mail]

            --  Opening of Boston Stock Exchange: Catherine D'Amato,
                President and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank will
                join Kenneth Leibler, Chairman of the Boston Stock
                Exchange at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 3rd to ring
                the opening bell in Boston. Bell ringing ceremonies
                will be held in stock exchanges across the U.S. as a
                part of a national call for hunger awareness. Traders
                will be donating their lunch money, to help support
                the efforts of The Food Bank.

            --  Volunteer Food Sorting Competitions: Beginning on
                Tuesday, June 1st and running through Friday, June 4th
                employees from several area businesses including
                Health Advances, Horizon Management, Boston Works,
                Fidelity, Sovereign Bank, State Street,
                Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Tufts Health Plan, Blue Cross
                Blue Shield, John Hancock Life, Boston Cares, Cirelli
                Foods and Whole Foods will participate in a food
                sorting competition. The competition will take place
                at The Greater Boston Food Bank's warehouse located at
                99 Atkinson Street in Boston between 12:30 p.m. - 9:00
                p.m.

            --  Special Guest: On Thursday, June 3rd, Lieutenant
                Governor Kerry Healy will participate in the
                competition assisting employees from Tufts Health Plan
                and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Photo opportunity will
                take place between 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

The Greater Boston Food Bank distributes more than 20 million pounds of food annually to hundreds of pantries, soup kitchens and shelters in a dedicated partnership to feed the hungry in eastern Massachusetts. For more information please visit www.gbfb.org or call 617-427-5200.

Editor's Note: Catherine D'Amato is available to comment on National Hunger Awareness Day activities and provide statistics on the issue of summertime hunger.