Country Music Recording Artist Phil Vassar to Participate in Second Harvest Heartland Donation Drive

Country Music Recording Artist Phil Vassar to Participate in Second Harvest Heartland Donation Drive

Vassar to collect food and funds at Cub Foods as part of Hunger Action Month

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: Second Harvest Heartland, Minnesota's largest hunger relief
organization, is holding a food and funds donation drive as part
of Hunger Action Month, a nationwide effort during the month of
September designed to encourage individuals to take action to help
end domestic hunger.

WHO: Country music recording artist Phil Vassar will make a personal
appearance and will take action against hunger himself by
accepting donations of food and funds on behalf of Second Harvest
Heartland. Vassar has teamed with Feeding America, the nationwide
food bank network, to serve as the spokesperson for Hunger Action
Month.

WHERE: Cub Foods
14075 Highway 13
Savage, Minnesota

WHEN: Sunday, September 21
2:00 - 3:00 Phil Vassar appearance
2:00 - 4:00 Donation drive

**Those unable to attend the donation drive are encouraged to
visit http://www.2harvest.org/ to make a donation and learn about
additional ways take action against domestic hunger or visit Cub
Foods, where customers can round-up their grocery bills through
September 27 with the proceeds benefiting Second Harvest
Heartland.

MORE: The need to support hunger relief in Minnesota is increasingly
important. Last year, there were about 482,000 Minnesotans in
poverty, up 60,000 from 2006, and 1.9 million visits to Minnesota
Food Shelves, up 100,000 from 2006. Second Harvest Heartland is
the Upper Midwest's largest hunger-relief organization, with a
mission of ending hunger through community partnerships. Second
Harvest Heartland serves 59 counties in Minnesota and western
Wisconsin. A total of 34.5 million pounds of grocery products were
distributed last year to more than 1,000 nonprofit member agencies
and programs, including food shelves, soup kitchens, shelters,
senior centers and children's after-school programs. For each
$1 donated, Second Harvest Heartland can distribute more than
$9 worth of grocery products for those in need. For more
information, visit http://www.2harvest.org/ or call 651.484.5117.

Source: Second Harvest Heartland

CONTACT: Patty Gibbs of Patty Gibbs & Company PR, +1-651-653-7302,
patty@pattygibbscompany.com, for Second Harvest Heartland

Web site: http://www.2harvest.org/

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