June 3, 2008
Hunger Awareness Day is an opportunity to reach out to our community to expand our understanding of hunger and its effect on the community. Right now in the Omaha metro area many working families are having trouble making ends meet and providing food to put on the table.
The Food Bank is coordinating various events across the community in observance of Hunger Awareness Day – all events occurring on Tuesday, June 3rd:
♦ One Big Table . . . Company Potlucks – companies across the metropolitan area are hosting luncheon potlucks or brown-bagging it utilizing the theme “One Big Table – a place for everyone . . .” What would have been spent to go out for lunch is donated to The Food Bank.
-Click here to download more info on our One Big Table Potlucks.
-Click here if you would like your company or organization to participate in the One Big Table potlucks.
♦ Hunger Awareness Day Community Dinner – An evening to recognize and celebrate the food pantry volunteers and workers who tirelessly labor to provide food for the area’s hungry men, women and children.
-Evening begins with Dinner at 5:30
-First Presbyterian Church, 34th & Farnam
♦ Kids ‘n’ Kans Carnival – Carnival games, food & fun for kids of all ages at Elmwood Park, 4-7pm! Bring a can or a buck for The Food Bank! Sponsored by the UNO Public Relations Student Society of America.
♦ Strike Out Hunger: The Downtown Series – The Leadership Omaha Group kicks off their 2nd Annual Strike Out Hunger downtown business food drive (10 businesses competing to bring in the most food for The Food Bank!) The food drive runs for two weeks culminating on June 13th, the first day of the College World Series.
