City of Bloomington, MN Special Interest, 24 Feb 2016

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From YouTube: VEAP Kicks Off March Food Drive with Toast

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VEAP kicks off their March Food Drive with A Toast to VEAP. The beer, wine and food sampling event is February 26, 5 – 7:30 p.m. at VEAP. Reserve tickets at: veap.org.

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At beep every month is a good time to give, but in March there's an extra push March.

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Is a celebration of hunger relief organizations in that it is the time of the year one of the times of the year. Actually, where faith, organizations, corporations and businesses as well as individuals and some schools participate in a big food and fun drive and beeps.

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New chief executive officer, Lisa horn, says this year: they're raising the bar.

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This year, our goal for the March campaign is one hundred thousand dollars and seventy-five thousand pounds of food, which is up significantly over last year. We have a challenge goal set for ourselves, so we need community involvement and to.

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Get people excited the food drive is kicking off with a toast. We.

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Have an event that we host here at veep: it's called a toast to veep and it features wine and beer. So we have local food, vendors and restaurants that come and supply the food for the event. It's a thirty dollar ticket. You need to be 21 and over to attend the event and while.

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The event will be full of good, eats and drinks. There's work to accomplish our.

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Goal is to raise thirty thousand dollars at the event. Typically, in the past, we've only done ticket sales as the fundraiser for this event, but this year we are creating any fundraising event out of the toast of beef. If you.

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Want to support the cause, it's februari 26th from five to seven thirty at beep. You can purchase tickets online at veet org and you can rest assured. Donations will be put to good use.

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Ninety percent of our clients and a survey done in partnership with Bloomington Public Health, have said that they don't know where their next meal might be coming from, where their source of their next meal might be coming from. They worry about that. A problem.

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Deep and it's volunteers work to solve every day and.

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One of the hallmarks of this organization, I think the part that makes me very proud to be a part of this organization is the volunteer involvement it. It is the vibe and the pulse of this organization. It's what makes our organization function day to day and.

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It's those volunteers and donations that will make the March food drive a success.