Community Kitchen Participates in 13th Annual $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger

For the 13th consecutive year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among anti-hunger agencies nationwide using it to raise funds during March and April, 2010. The more donations made from March 1 – April 30 Challenge, the more Feinstein money is proportionately shared with local agencies! Many agencies featuring this challenge in the past have increased donations two or three times their usual returns.

Donations can include cash, checks and food items (valued at $1.00 per item) or pledges, as long as they were obtained ONLY in connection with the Feinstein Challenge from March 1 to April 30. One of The Community Kitchen’s (TCK) generous and long-time supporters has again offered to match local contributions up to $25,000. For example: If you make a donation of $25 in March or April, it will be matched dollar for dollar, making a total of $50 contributed. On May 1, we will send our report listing the $50 as part of the total amount received in donations. In August, Feinstein’s one million dollars will then be divided proportionately among all complying agencies, with a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $40,000 to any one agency.

Feinstein’s past 12 annual $1 million challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $1 billion for over 2,000 agencies nationwide. This challenge enables local donors to be partners in the most successful effort to fight hunger of all times. That is something to take pride in! A full report of the results of the 2010 Challenge will be posted on Feinstein Foundation’s website www.feinsteinfoundation.org .

We have been very fortunate in the past as some individuals, organizations and towns wait for this challenge so their donations are doubled! Last year our community generously donated money and food toward this challenge which, along with the Feinstein Foundation funds, provided 183,962 meals at our average cost of $0.69/meal. We utilize the much needed food from the USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP) distributed through our local Community Action Program. Further, during lean times when the NH Food Bank does not have enough low-cost nourishing food to purchase, TCK and other local pantries must purchase food, unfortunately at higher prices.

Please help The Community Kitchen and other local hunger organizations take advantage of these matching donations. Checks may be made payable to: The Community Kitchen, PO Box 1315, Keene, NH 03431. Again, please note: ONLY cash, check and food item donations received from MARCH 1 through APRIL 30 can be reported.

Thank You.

Contact: The Community Kitchen, Inc.
35-37 Mechanic Street, Keene NH 03431
603-352-3200 fax: 603-355-0179

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