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Buffalo Bills To Hold Annual Food Drive
Donations will be accepted at the Sept. 29 Bears game
buffalobills.com
Sept. 26, 2002
The Buffalo Bills will host the annual Fan Food Drive prior to the September 29 game against the Chicago Bears. All donations will benefit the Food Bank of WNY.
Monetary donations and non-perishable food items will be collected at all gates by Food Bank volunteers and Bills' wives and girlfriends. Collection points will be outside every gate at the stadium.
Visualize Ralph Wilson Stadium with a capacity crowd - that's the number of those less fortunate individuals the Food Bank feeds monthly through its 472 member agencies. Every 10.5 pounds of food donated will help the Food bank feed a family a day. Since food now has a retail value of an average of $2.00 per pound, every $1.47 contributed will, in reality, help the Food Bank distribute $21.00 worth of food to its agencies.
The past four years of Buffalo Bills' food drives have collected approximately two tons of product and $25,000.
Food Bank Facts:
The Food Bank distributes enough food to prepare 926,000 meals per month.
Of the 91,000 people served monthly, 36,000 are children and 12,000 are seniors.
The Food Bank served 472 charitable agencies in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Eric and Niagara Counties.
Article on BuffaloBills.com
buffalobills.com
Sept. 26, 2002
The Buffalo Bills will host the annual Fan Food Drive prior to the September 29 game against the Chicago Bears. All donations will benefit the Food Bank of WNY.
Monetary donations and non-perishable food items will be collected at all gates by Food Bank volunteers and Bills' wives and girlfriends. Collection points will be outside every gate at the stadium.
Visualize Ralph Wilson Stadium with a capacity crowd - that's the number of those less fortunate individuals the Food Bank feeds monthly through its 472 member agencies. Every 10.5 pounds of food donated will help the Food bank feed a family a day. Since food now has a retail value of an average of $2.00 per pound, every $1.47 contributed will, in reality, help the Food Bank distribute $21.00 worth of food to its agencies.
The past four years of Buffalo Bills' food drives have collected approximately two tons of product and $25,000.
Food Bank Facts:
The Food Bank distributes enough food to prepare 926,000 meals per month.
Of the 91,000 people served monthly, 36,000 are children and 12,000 are seniors.
The Food Bank served 472 charitable agencies in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Eric and Niagara Counties.
Article on BuffaloBills.com
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