united way meal pack-a-thon
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united way meal pack-a-thon
250 PEOPLE x 2 HRS = 75,000 MEALS HELP FEED 1 IN 4 FACING HUNGER IN ERIE COUNTY UNITED WAY MEAL PACK-A-THON TABLE SPONSOR: $500 Great team building opportunity for employees! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 2:00 - 4:00 PM Zem-Zem Shrine Club | 2525 West 38th Street | Erie, PA 16507 This event brings United Way supporters together to officially kick off the annual workplace giving campaign while packaging meals for Second Harvest Food Bank. Sponsorship includes: • • • • • Pre-event publicity including listing on UnitedWayErie.org Table for up to 12 volunteers to participate in event; Signage at event and recognition in opening and closing remarks; Recognition in video published on UnitedWayErie.org and YouTube channel; Mention in United Way of Erie County’s 2017 annual report To reserve one (or more!) tables, contact Joanna Peters via phone (814) 456-2937 ext. 233 or email joanna@unitedwayerie.org. Presenting Sponsor: Packaged meals will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank to feed families in Erie County. UNITED WAY MEAL PACK-A-THON Nearly one-third of Erie County’s population, about 82,000 people, seeks help at pantries, soup kitchens and other meal programs coordinated by Second Harvest, according to a study the Food Bank released in September 2014. Facebook comment: “Terrific event. Our team really enjoyed being able to help with such a worthy cause.” Volunteers say: “I thought it was GREAT! I enjoyed volunteering for this event!” “Loved the up beat music and meeting new friends plus see some old friends in our community!” Last year’s event received the following media coverage: • Front page of GoErie.com on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 • Front page of Erie Times News City & Region section Thursday, April 23, 2015 • Television coverage by WICU12/WSEE35 (Erie News Now) and JET24/FOX66 & YourErie totaling more than 130,000 market viewers in broadcast areas Companies participating in last year’s Pack-A-Thon included: • • • • • • • American Trim Citizen’s Bank Custom Engineering Erie Insurance Erie Times-News FedEx Ground GE Transportation • • • • • • • Giant Eagle Lamar Advertising Marquette Savings Bank Mercyhurst University Velocity Network Walmart Wegmans