Current Food Drives:

November 15 Imports VS Domestics Drag Race, Car Show & Food Drive Are you interested in motorsports, classic cars, imports, tuners, muscle cars, low-riders or luxury cars? Don’t miss YourPrintSource.com's special event 6 p.m. to midnight as you enjoy local bands and all the best drag racing and automobile enthusiasts will love. Cost: $20 or 5 cans or boxes of non-perishable food. 19421 W. Jomax Road, Whittmann. Info: (602) 750-1707.

November 18-December 29 Valley-wide Food Drive at Oasis Bedrooms Oasis Bedrooms is bringing holiday cheer to the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance this season. And you can help! Just donate non-perishable food items to any Oasis Bedrooms locations. Your contribution will make the holidays feel more like home for many deserving families. To help, visit http://www.oasisbedrooms.com today.

November 22 - 2nd Annual Super Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This one-day turkey drive event will collect thousands of turkeys for the food boxes distributed during the holidays. St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance has teamed with Vestar Properties to offer drive-thru and walk-in drop off stations at the following locations:
-Desert Ridge Marketplace, Phoenix
-Tempe Marketplace, Tempe
-Sundance Towne Center, Buckeye
Incentives will be given to donors who participate, so mark your calendars today to provide food to the families and individuals who would go without a meal this holiday season.

November 22 Inaugural Ahwa-Turkey Stomp The Ahwatukee HOA is holding a frozen turkey drive 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in conjunction with their 5th Annual Car Show and Craft Fair. The inaugural Ahwa-Turkey Stomp will collect frozen turkeys and non-perishable food items for St. Mary’s Food Bank. Ahwatukee Community Swim & Tennis Center, 4700 East Warner Road, Phoenix. Info: (480) 893-3502.

November 27 Tempe Thanksgiving Block Party Perfect for families, this event is at the Tempe Sports Complex and will include rides, food, music, and fireworks from 6 to 10 p.m. Entrance fee is a canned food item for the Food bank. Various vendors and Miss Arizona 2008 will be there as well!

November 27-January 4 The 2008 Arizona Celebration of Lights is a spectacular, two-mile, drive-through holiday light festival featuring more than 7,000,000 (yes, million) lights and 300 themed and animated displays, all synchronized to music. Families can enjoy Arizona’s largest display of holiday lights from the comfort of their own vehicles. This event benefits St. Mary's Food Bank and discounts are available per carload for bringing 3 canned-food items. Tickets are available in advance online at www.ArizonaCelebrationofLights.com. Community of Joy Campus, 21000 N. 75th Ave Glendale. The celebration is open Mondays-Thursdays 6-9 p.m. Friday-Sunday 6-10 p.m.

Ongoing Food Drives:

August-December 6, 2008 The Big 12 Alumni Food Drive Last year the Big 12 Alumni group of Arizona donated 3,200 cans of food to benefit St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance. This year, the goal is 4,000 cans.
* Iowa State Alumni meet at Sugar Daddy's, 3102 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale and Legends Bar & Grill, 3655 W. Anthem Way, D-115 (Safeway Plaza)
* Missouri Alumni meet at Frasher's, 2122 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
* Nebraska Alumni meet at Arena Sports Grill, 6245 E Bell Road, Scottsdale
* 20800 N John Wayne Pkwy 101, Maricopa
* Skip & Jan's Sports Bar, 7700 S. Priest, Tempe
* Max Sports Grille, 7134 E. Thomas Road, Scottsdale
* Texas A&M and Texas Tech Alumni meet at Duke's Sports Bar and Grill, 7607 E. McDowell Road, Scottsdale.
* Kansas Alumni meets at Upper Deck, 4224 N. Craftsman Court, Scottsdale
* Kansas State Alumni meet at San Felipe's Cantina, 2000 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe
For each 10 cans of food or $10 a person donates, they are eligible to complete a drawing slip to be entered for prize drawings. The most needed items of food include canned tuna, salmon, chicken, ham, soups, stew, chili, fruits and vegetables, canned and packaged beans, pasta, macaroni and cheese, rice, peanut butter or juice. For more information contact Frank Bonner (Resource Development) rfbonner@FirstFoodBank.org, Ernesto Ortiz (Food Resource Developer), exortiz@FirstFoodBank.org or Kara Ritter (Communications Specialist) at kjritter@FirstFoodBank.org

Click for Cans Tackle hunger head-on this football season with the NFL, Campbell's Chunky Soup and St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance. Visit www.chunky.com to compete in Click for Cans, a national food drive that benefits food banks. NFL teams are pitted online against the same opponents they face during the NFL season in weekly match-ups. Click on your team every day to make sure the team with the most votes wins. This means souper donations of soups like Classic Chicken Noodle, made with lean meat protein, for local communities. At the end of the regular season, AFC and NFC teams will compete in the Click for Cans Playoff. The winner will determine the ultimate prize: thousands of cans of soup for their local food bank.

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