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First Annual Hunger Bowl Will Tackle Hunger
OCTOBER 17 2008: BSU VS HAWAII
The first Hunger Bowl - The First Bowl of the Year will be the culmination of a two-week food drive whose goal is 200,000 pounds – or the cash equivalent – to feed hungry Idaho families during these hard economic times.
The Hunger Bowl is a hugely exciting new event on the Foodbank calendar. In an effort to fill the empty shelves at The Idaho Foodbank, the energetic Dan Long, formerly the owner and now the business developer for A-1 Plumbing, has put together a coalition that so far includes Boise State University football, Peak Broadcasting (the new home of Bronco football), and Tates Rents, along with Banner Bank, the Downtown Boise YMCA, Disaster Kleenup, Thornton Oliver Keller Commercial Real Estate, the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Nampa Chamber of Commerce, the Meridian Chamber of Commerce, the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce, Sam’s Club, Idaho Power and the Building Owners & Managers Association.
The Hunger Bowl food and funds drive will include:
* Non-perishable food can be dropped at any A-1 Plumbing or Tates Rents location, as well as any Treasure Valley Family YMCA.
* "Fans with Cans" – fans attending the Hawaii game can take non-perishable food to the Oct. 17 game. Donations can be dropped at the Tates Rents tent across from the Allen Noble Hall of Fame Gallery and at Peak live remote locations around the stadium.
* A-1 Plumbing will discount service by $1 for every can of food customers donate, up to 10 cans. The company will also match the total donations dollar for dollar.
* Peak Broadcasting will promote the food drive on 580 KIDO (the new home of the Bronco radio broadcasts), and will receive support from 107.9 LITE-FM, 63 KFXD-AM, Mix 106, Wow Country! 104.3-FM and 103.3 Kiss FM.
* The goal of the inaugural Hunger Bowl is to collect a football field’s worth of food. At one ton per yard, that would be 200,000 pounds.
The Hunger Bowl comes at a crucial time for hungry Idaho families. Food prices are way up. Food donations to the Foodbank are declining, while demand and expenses – especially gas prices – are rising. Idaho remains the 13th hungriest state in the nation overall and has the sixth highest rate of child hunger. Events like this make a real difference.
