SHARE Your Lunch Raises $23,500 to Fight Local Hunger
May 15, 2012
Project SHARE asked many local and area businesses to take part in the 2nd annual SHARE Your Lunch fundraiser on April 4. The event collects everyone’s lunch money for one day in an effort to raise money and awareness for the food pantry that feeds almost 1,000 families a month. Last year’s event raised $14,500 and this year’s goal was set at $20,000, until three anonymous families provided a $12,000 match to this year’s fundraiser. “That meant our new goal was $24,000.” says Nicole Deary, event coordinator and media relations person for Project SHARE, “We wanted to raise enough money to get the entire match.” While the event fell $500 short of the $12,000 goal, the anonymous families still generously matched the efforts of the community making the total raised $23,500 for 2012. “We may have fallen slighty short of…Read more