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Sep 2, 2010 17:40 - 0 Comments
How You Can Help Reduce Hunger in Montgomery County – and Have a Blast at the Same Time!
Hunger is a hidden but all too prevalent problem in our county. In Montgomery County, a family of four requires an income of $70,000 just to be minimally self-sufficient. The high costs of housing, health care, food, transportation, and utilities are squeezing more and more families. When funds are low, the rent, doctor, and utility companies get paid first and what’s left is what people spend on food; often there just isn’t enough money to buy the food their family needs.
Children of low income families are especially vulnerable. These school kids often receive subsidized school breakfasts and lunches to sustain them through the day. But what happens on the weekends?
Manna Food Center is the main food bank on Montgomery County. In 2005, Manna started the Smart Sacks program that provides these target school kids with a Smart Sack of healthy, yet kid-friendly food every Friday so they will have something to eat over the weekend.
Manna provides 1,400 Smart Sacks every Friday to schools, including the schools right here in Rockville.
Here’s how you can easily help: Come to the Benefit Concert, Saturday, September 11th, at the Woodley Gardens Swim Club. The Digits!, a local rock cover band I helped to form in 2001, will provide the entertainment. Attendance is free, but we are asking for $5 donation. Additionally we will have a Silent Auction to raise additional funds for this cause. This will be the 5th year we have organized this community event and each time we have raised $2000 to $6000.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Woodley Gardens Pool, 850 Nelson St., Rockville, MD
How will The Digits! raise money and donations for this good cause?
- Ask for a $5 donation from each fan attending the event.
- Many fans are donating items for the Silent Auction. Please consider contributing to the Silent Auction. Contact Dawn Sumner Titmus for Silent Auction ideas and details.
- Fans bid on and “buy” Silent Auction items. Items are available for viewing and bidding from 7:30 to 10:30.
- Online donations can be made. Click here. Please designate you online donation to the Smart Sacks Program and The Digits!
The Digits! past 4 Benefit Concerts raised up to $6000 for each event! All of the money we raise (100%) is given directly to the cause we are working for. Manna Food Center is an efficiently run organization. According to GuideStar, ninety-four cents of every donated dollar Manna receives goes directly to feeding the hungry.
Bring friends and family, your cooler and extra chairs! This is a wonderful, relaxing atmosphere around the pool. Enjoy some good music, sing along, dance with neighbors, and watch friends sing with The Digits! - knowing you are helping a worthy cause.
The Digits! are donating the entertainment. Woodley Gardens is proving the beautiful pool setting. All we need is YOU and your generosity!
For more information, see www.TheDigitsBand.com or http://www.facebook.com/TheDigits
Check here for more information from Manna.
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