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Gifts of Love Spring Campaign to End Hunger and $1 MIllion Challenge

http://avon.patch.com/announcements/gifts-of-love-spring-campaign-to-end-hunger-and-1-million-challenge?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001

• Posted by Lori Shield
• April 2, 2012

   

For the 15^th consecutive year, philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein has pledged to donate and divide one million dollars among anti-hunger agencies that raise funds during March and April, 2012.  Gifts of Love’s Spring Campaign to End Hunger is timed to capitalize on this generous opportunity and is reaching out to the community for support.

Feinstein’s challenge is simple:  for every dollar or pound of food Gifts of Love collects from individuals and the community throughout the months of March and April, the Feinstein Foundation will also donate to the Gifts of Love Spring Campaign to End Hunger.  Feinstein’s million dollars is divided proportionately among all agencies complying with the guidelines.  Feinstein’s past one million dollar challenges to fight hunger have raised over $1.25 billion for over 2,000 anti-hunger agencies nationwide.

This has become one of the greatest grass roots campaigns ever to fight hunger in our country.  “Your donations make you a partner in it with me!” says Alan Shawn Feinstein.  “My money started this campaign but it is YOU who will help decide how many needy people in your city or town will be fed this year.  All that will matter to us someday is what we did while we were here to help those who needed us.  WE ARE NEEDED NOW!  Please give whatever you can – I will gladly add some of my money to yours.  My one million dollars will be divided in full proportionately among the agencies receiving donations toward my offer.  Thank you for sharing my heart, and the hope that – someday – no one will ever go hungry,” said Feinstein.

Donations can be made to:  Gifts of Love, P.O. Box 463, Avon, CT 06001 or on its secure website, www.giftsoflovect.org.  For more information call 860-676-2323.

For more information on the Feinstein Foundation, visit www.feinsteinfoundation.com.

The mission of Gifts of Love is to help meet the basic needs of individuals and families experiencing a temporary financial crisis so they can achieve or maintain self-sufficiency. The organization provides food and clothing, household items and furniture to individuals and families facing a financial crisis due to a variety of circumstances. Gifts of Love helps clients meet their families’ most basic needs – food on the table, a winter coat, or a bed to sleep in – and enable them to focus on putting their lives back in order and regaining their independence.