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NEWS RELEASE8201 South Congress Avenue
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For Immediate Release
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Volunteers Needed as Souper Bowl of Caring Gains Momentum Austin, TX — With the stage set for Super Bowl XLVI, Central Texas residents have risen to the challenge of tackling hunger through the Souper Bowl of Caring, and are raising food and funds at a record clip. More than 200 tons of food has already been collected since the program kicked off on January 12, with a lot more expected through February 5, when the initiative ends. As the donated food is coming in faster than volunteers can sort it and storage space becoming a concern, more volunteers are desperately needed to help inspect, sort and package the food ready for distribution. Volunteers are especially needed Monday through Wednesday, with a limited amount of spaces also available Thursday through Saturday. Sign up to volunteer at www.austinfoodbank.org or call 512-282-2111. Souper Bowl of Caring works in partnership with over 200 area congregations, school and businesses; competing food retailers H-E-B, Central Market and Randalls Food Markets and Austin’s top media outlets: Fox 7; KEYE TV Channel 42; Telemundo Austin; KVUE-TV; KXAN Austin News; Univision KAKW 62; Telefutura Austin; YNN; The CW Austin; My Austin TV; 107.1 La Z; 98.1 KVET; KASE 101; AM 1300 The Zone; La Que Buena 104.3; La Jefa 107.7; Austin American-Statesman; The Jewish Outlook; CultureMap Austin and the Capitol Area Council Boy Scouts. About Souper Bowl of Caring Souper Bowl of Caring is a national youth-led movement of schools, congregations, community organizations and compassionate individuals joining together to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities, transforming the time around the Super Bowl into the nation's largest celebration of giving and serving. For more information, go to www.tacklehunger.org/Austin. About Capital Area Food Bank of Texas: The mission of the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) is to nourish hungry people and lead the community in ending hunger. Since 1981, CAFB in collaboration with more than 300 partner agencies has been helping Central Texans in need providing healthy food, nutritional program assistance and education, so they can make better choices at mealtime. In the past 12 months, CAFB distributed 24 million pounds of food to 300,000 Central Texans in its 21 county service territory. For more information on the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and its programs, visit www.austinfoodbank.org or call 512/282-2111. ###
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