[Durham INC] NCSSM Food Drive Saturday, March 20, 2010

[Tom Miller]

Dear Neighborhood Advocate:

 

This is a very ambitious and very worthy project.  I encourage all
subscribers to this list-serve to make a donation in both money and food.
While the notion of a world record is inspiring, the really inspiring thing
is that these high-schoolers want to give so much to their North Carolina
neighbors in need.  Whatever the total weight collected may turn out to be,
the result will only be success.

 

Please join me in joining an elite group - the "Twenty-five Dollars and
Twenty-five Pounds Club."  All you have to do is send a reply e-mail
pledging to give $25 and 25 lb of food to this effort.  This isn't a legal
thing.  No one but you will hold you to it.  

 

This e-mail is my pledge.  Let's here from all of you out there.

 

Tom Miller

INC President

 

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From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
Behalf Of NCSSM Food Drive
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:15 PM
To: inc-list at rtpnet.org
Subject: [Durham INC] NCSSM Food Drive Saturday, March 20, 2010

 

On Saturday, March 20, 2010 students and staff at the North Carolina School
of Science and Mathematics will partner with the Food Bank of Central and
Eastern North Carolina to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for
collecting the most food in one place in one day.  The current record is
509,147 pounds of non-perishable food!  (Yes, that is over half a million
pounds.)  The record is held by the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day
Saints and the Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Inter-faith Food Bank.  We believe
we can break their record, but need your help to do so.  

 

There are several ways members of the neighborhood can help.  First, you can
contribute non-perishable food to the drive and there are several ways to do
so.  First, you can deliver your donation to NCSSM beginning at 7am on 3/20,
where you will receive a receipt for your donation.  Also, for each 10 lbs
of food you donate at the school you will receive a raffle ticket good for
one of our wonderful raffle prizes.  If your neighborhood would like to
participate in our neighborhood pick up program rather than bringing the
food to campus have your neighborhood association president contact Sue Anne
at the email address below.  If you participate in this, you will receive a
flyer on the weekend of 3/13 that will have directions including a pick up
time and where to place your donation.    

 

For those who can volunteer their time on 3/20, we can use the assistance of
people who are willing to be a witness to the event between 7 AM and
approximately 10 PM in the parking lot of NCSSM.   Guinness requires that we
have 2 people observe the collecting, recording, and weighing of the
donations at all times.  We would like people to volunteer to witness in
2-hour intervals, but other times will be helpful as well.  If you can help
us, please write to us at NCSSMFoodDriveVolunteer at gmail.com. 

 

We are also accepting donations of prizes for our raffles.  If you can
donate a prize, please let us know what you would like to donate and how to
reach you by contacting us at NCSSMFoodDrive at gmail.com.  To help cover the
cost of the event, businesses, neighborhoods, or individuals can be a
sponsor of the NCSSM Food Drive for a monetary donation of $250.  Sponsors
will have their name on the back of NCSSM volunteer t-shirts, the website,
and on a sponsorship banner on location the day of the event.   To find out
more information, please contact Event Coordinator, Sue Anne Lewis.

 

Finally, we would appreciate your help in spreading the word.  Please ask
your friends to donate nonperishable food on 3/20.  All donations go to the
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.  The students and staff at
NCSSM are excited to try to break the World Record, but more importantly to
do something concrete to help alleviate hunger in the 34 counties served by
this Food Bank.  Visit us on our website www.ncssm.edu/fooddrive or on
Facebook at facebook.com/NCSSMFoodDrive

 

Thank you for your help.  We appreciate the support of the Inter
Neighborhood Council  and the support of all of our Durham neighbors.  

 

Sincerely, 

The NCSSM Food Drive Committee



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Sue Anne Lewis

Event Coordinator
1219 Broad Street
Durham, NC 27705
919.416.2814

NCSSMFoodDrive at gmail.com

www.ncssm.edu/fooddrive
http://facebook.com/NCSSMFoodDrive
www.twitter.com/NCSSMFoodDrive

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