Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Events Skip Lunch: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is Not on April 7
Posted by Carrington Fox on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:10 AM
On April 7, Second Harvest Food Bank invites you to leave your brown bag at home, cancel your lunch date and count the money you save by skipping the midday the meal. Then, while you're griping about the nuisance of being a little peckish, take that cash and give it to Skip Lunch Feed a Bunch. The Second Harvest fundraiser will get your money to people who are far too familiar with the feeling of being hungry.
Let's say you cut out your regular Chicago dog and fries, the fiver you save will purchase 25 pounds of food and provide 20 meals to hungry children, seniors and families. Skip your $10 kabob platter, and you're feeding 50. A $15 scallop salad will provide food for 75.
Second Harvest will provide a desk clock to remind you when not to eat and a sticker to wear as a badge of honor as you fast. For more information and a fasting kit, call Jenny Vazquez at Second Harvest at 627-1571 or email jenny.vazquez (at) secondharvestmidtn (dot) org.
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Foxy Mama - don't let me forget to do this next week! I can lunch from Stevan's candy jar one more day.
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I was planning on doing something similar on April 10th by fasting for Good Friday.
You should write about the Friday lunches at Second Harvest. For $12 you can get all the food you can eat and the theme changes each Friday. They do everything from fajitas to italian and it's all amazing. Plus you are supporting Second Harvest!
Umm, I suggest giving $100 bucks to Second Harvest and taking a sandwich to lunch for a week or two from home. You'll more than likely save that much from daily forays for lunch. They need all the help anyone can give them.
