Help Philabundance provide for families
■ Delaware County high schools are invited to participate in “Shire’s Great Food Fight! Benefitting Philabundance” and help the growing number of food- insecure families who turn to Philabundance for assistance.
Although it distributes more pounds of food each month, Philabundance expects demand to continue to increase. By collecting food during February and March, “Shire’s Great Food Fight!” comes at a time when the Philabundance inventory is typically low after holiday food drive donations have been distributed. The Shire- sponsored regional high school food drive will provide a much needed boost of non- perishable foods to those in need. Participating schools will compete for seven prizes of $ 10,000, $ 5,000 or $ 1,000 while joining forces to achieve an ambitious goal: to collect 100 tons of food — the equivalent of 200,000 meals — for Philabundance over a two- week period. Registration is now open for this region- wide food drive. High school students, parents and faculty members are invited to participate in an informational conference call at 3 p. m. today by calling 866430- 1250 and entering the participant code 14240683#.
In 2012, the second year of “Shire’s Great Food Fight! Benefitting Philabundance,” 21 schools collected 71 tons of food over the two- week competition — making it one of the most successful efforts ever to raise food in the Greater Philadelphia region. Shire will award seven prizes totalling $ 20,000: $ 10,000 to the school that raises the most food as measured in pounds, $ 5,000 for the school that collects the most food in pounds per student and $ 1,000 to the school in each of the five Southeastern Pennsylvania counties that collects the most food in pounds.
The deadline for high schools to register for “Shire’s Great Food Fight! Benefitting Philabundance” is Dec. 15. The collection drive runs Feb. 25- March 8. For more information visit http:// www. philabundance. org/ thegreatfoodfight. For further information, contact: Charlene McGrady ( cmcgrady@ shire. com) at 484- 595- 8594, Marlo DelSordo ( MDelSordo@ philabundance. org) at 215- 339- 0900, Ext. 1502 or Ben Volpe ( bvolpe@ simonpr. com) at 215- 545- 4715, Ext. 24.
Celebrate holidays Swedish style ■ UPPER DARBY — Come celebrate the holidays Swedish style at the Trim- A- Swedish- Christmas- Tree party on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2- 4 p. m., at the Swedish Cabin, 9 Creek Road, in the Drexel Hill section. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. There will be Swedish holiday food from the Julbord, beverages, decorations, and Swedish Christms music. Decorate the Christmas tree, Julgran, with apples, heart baskets and straw ornaments. Tour the cabin and warm yourself by a roaring fire. And shop for gifts at the Butiken, too. For more information, call 610- 2378064 or 610- 449- 3577 or email questions to TheSwedishcabin@comcast.net.