Dayton Community Partners with Food Pantry; Takes Feinstein Challenge To Fight Hunger
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 10:06am
Dozens of local groups have taken the challenge to fight hunger in Dayton this spring. When the Dayton Food Bank issued an open invitation to partner with them for The Feinstein $1 Million Dollar Challenge to fight hunger, dozens of individuals, businesses, schools, nonprofits and clubs stepped up to help.
“If groups or individuals donate non-perishable food items or money to Dayton Food Pantry in March and April, the Feinstein Foundation will add funds, said Mary Piper, coordinator for the local Challenge. "The more donations we receive, the larger our slice of the pie will be.”
All of the schools in Dayton have joined the challenge, as well as many businesses and community groups. Pioneer Crossing has pledged to match up to $5 worth of nonperishable food (please bring your receipt) or cash for the Dayton Food Pantry with $5 in “FREE Play.” (Must be 21 years of age to use “FREE Play”).
Donations of food, cash, checks and pledges received from March 1st to April 30th will be counted for the Feinstein Challenge. You can also find conveniently located donation barrels, boxes or front office donation envelopes at the following locations in Dayton:
— Dayton Floral
— Curves (Dayton)
— 1st & 10 Bar and Grill
— The Pizza Factory (Dayton)
— Dayton Elementary School
— Sutro Elementary
— Riverview Elementary
— Dayton High School
— Dayton Intermediate School
— Dayton Valley Branch Library
— Dollar Tree (Dayton)
— Calvary Baptist Church
— Dayton Senior Center (you’ll find a barrel, and if one brings a canned food item an extra BINGO card will be given on Monday and Thursday)
— Nevada East 50 Bar
— Lyon County Utilities
— Nevada Bank
— River Vista Gym
— St. Anne’s Church
Alan Feinstein is a nationally known philanthropist and humanitarian whose past 13 challenges to fight hunger resulted in over $1 billion for thousands of agencies nationwide (feinsteinfoundation.org). Last year the Dayton Pantry received nearly $1,000 for the challenge thanks to extra food drives by local businesses, nonprofits, clubs and schools.
Healthy Communities Coalition’s Dayton Food Pantry is open for emergency food needs and to accept donations Monday through Friday from 10am to 4pm at 4 Enterprise Way on Highway 50. Their normal distribution days for commodities will be on the following Saturdays from noon to 4pm at Sutro Elementary School in Dayton at 190 Dayton Village Parkway: April 16 and May 21.
For more information about how to get involved with the Feinstein Challenge in Dayton, contact Challenge coordinator Mary Piper at (775) 230-1621. For more information about the Dayton Food Pantry, call director Freida Carbery at (775) 246- 7834.
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