Bride Shares Her Shower to Help the Foodbank
Information regarding a new grassroots campaign designed to help local Foodbanks.
- Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC (1888PressRelease) July 27, 2010 - Most bridal showers are just gifts, games and laughs, but Katie Vance Zaki of Virginia Beach wanted hers to make a difference in her local community. Zaki's bridal shower, thrown by Cindy Dragas and Karen Sparks, was a Just One Can event which raised 50 pounds of food for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. Each guest brought at least one can of nonperishable food to be donated to the Foodbank.
"I thought it would be wonderful. It's such a basic concept to bring one can and it wouldn't inconvenience anyone," said Zaki.
Summer is an especially hard time for Foodbanks across the country, so having a Just One Can event for her local Foodbank made sense to Katie.
Just One Can is a year-round program that benefits the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. Through events in homes, businesses, schools, and the community, each guest is asked to bring Just One Can of food with up-to-date labels.
The idea was started in 2009 by Judy Snider and her son, Nick. A meeting with Marianne Smith Vargas of the Foodbank and Jeff Ringer began the Just One Can Southeastern Virginia Chapter. Snider's friend Cindy Dragas jumped on board and the two became the Friends of the Foodbank Just One Can team. Though they are not employed by the Foodbank, they have made it their mission to spread the word about this simple and effective idea.
"This is such an easy idea and we hope it spreads around the country," said Dragas.
For more information on Just One Can, visit http://www.foodbankonline.org/one-can/, or look for the Just One Can - Southeastern Virginia Chapter group on Facebook.
Contact:
Judy Snider
757-412-4667
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