At the upcoming happy hours at the Continental, I'll be hosting a food
drive for the Food Bank of New York City. All of the food banks are
running low on everything. This is a great time to take a look & see
if you have anything from the list below that you'd like to bring by
to donate.

As an added incentive, for every 3 items you bring, you'll get a
raffle ticket. This will be good for a raffle that we'll draw for the
big prize on the last happy hour of collection - Wednesday, December
12. Trigger has generously donated a $100 bar tab for the raffle!
So, go through those cupboards and see what you've got.

Happy hours are 11/28, 12/5 and 12/12. Donations accepted from about
7 to about 10PM. You can collect a raffle ticket each week or
multiple tickets in one happy hour, depending on how many items you
bring for donation.

Also, if anyone has anything they'd like to donate for raffling off,
please let me know - as anything to encourage people to donate is
generously accepted. If you'd like to help me hand out raffle
tickets/take donations, please let me know.

Thanks everyone - in advance - for your contribution! If you have any
questions, please let me know. See below for what to donate...
~karen:)

MOST NEEDED FOODS
Foods collected from food drives help provide more than 250,000 hot,
nutritious meals every day to people in New York City who turn to food
assistance programs. The Food Bank needs a variety of canned, packaged
and nonperishable foods - no perishables - to feed more people. The
"most wanted" foods include:

Canned fish or meat
Tuna
Salmon
Spam
Ham
Powdered milk and infant formulas
Boxed meals
Pasta
Potatoes
Rice
Canned packaged meals
Macaroni and cheese
Chili
Stews
Meaty soups
Peanut butter (plastic jars only)
Canned vegetables and fruits
All sizes
All kinds
Cereals
Hot
Cold
Canned juices
Canned and packaged beans
Personal products
Toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss
Deodorant
Razors and razor blades
Facial and toilet tissue
Diapers
Feminine hygiene items