Did I say wow?
So I just got a phone call from the wonderful women of West Virginia Executive magazine. The gist of the conversation was this: Executive is gonna take a BIG step toward fighting hunger in the Kanawha Valley this holiday season.
The particulars? Jennifer, Kensie, April and the gang are challenging businesses across West Virginia to participate in Union Mission's 2009 Food Fight, which gets underway on October 16. Food Fight is a friendly competition pitting teams against each other to see who can bring in the most canned goods. There are categories for churches, civic groups, etc., but West Virginia Executive is offering the winner in the business category a free quarter-page ad in the first Executive edition of 2010.
(I'll say it again...wow.)
For us, this is huge. We have some teams already signed up for Food Fight, but need a lot more if we're going to reach our goal of feeding more than 30,000 families during our Thanksgiving and Christmas food basket distribution. A major part of those baskets is food we bring in during Food Fight, so each can of food means one fewer person that goes hungry this holiday season.
Remember: you must sign up to participate in Food Fight. If you'll send me an e-mail to andrew@wefeedpeople.com, I'll get you an information packet in the mail TODAY.
The gauntlet has been thrown down, business leaders. Will you meet West Virginia Executive's challenge?
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