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Help Bust Hunger!

9:33 AM Wed, Apr 23, 2008 |
Chris Coats
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Hunger Busters needs your help! The charity started in 2000 by Phil and Lillie Romano to feed the hungry is holding it's annual golf tournament fundraiser. I did a story on the program when I was with People Magazine. It's a worthy cause that has garnered a lot of attention nationally with cities using Hunger Busters as a template for addressing their homeless issues. Keep reading on how you can support this non profit organization that has fed hundreds of thousands of adults and children.

Raffle tickets are now available for the big drawing to be held at the annual Hunger Busters golf tournament on Monday, May 5. The prizes are great, including a Beaver Creek getaway, 42" plasma TV, Mavericks memorabilia, art, jewelry, dinner for 10 at Nick & Sams, private dinner for 10 at eatZi's, 100 sq. ft. custom putting green and many more. The tickets are $25 each or 5 for $100.

Hunger Busters continues to serve the shelter-resistant homeless and working class poor, and launched an exciting new program last Fall called "Feed the Need". This program provides a nutritious take-home dinner to low income DISD elementary school children who also receive a subsidized breakfast and lunch. We launched this program when it was brought to our attention that many of these children go without dinner at home.

Hunger Busters seeks to bridge the gap for children who go hungry each night. We were selected as a 2008 Crystal Charity beneficiary, which will allow us to expand Feed the Need from one school to seven, and increase the days the children are served from two to four days each week. This is literally the tip of the iceberg, and our hope is to continue expanding the program until no Dallas school child goes without dinner.

Amazingly, each raffle ticket sold raises enough to provide a full meal to more than 8 children. If you are interested in buying tickets or if you'd like more information about the golf tournament, here is a link to the website.

https://www.hungerbusters.com/checkout.aspx

A brief overview.

Founded in November of 2000 Hunger Busters has made its mission to feed the hungry citizens of Dallas. We feed on every level from the homeless on the streets, subsidized housing communities, and are new expansion The Feed the Need - After School Program. We continue to make a huge impact in the lives of more than 1,200 people a week. We will be expanding our After School Program to 7 schools in 2009 so we need your monetary help now more than ever now so that we can make an even bigger impact than in past years. With your help we will successfully serve over 120,000 meals in 2008 alone.

The raffle tickets are only $25 with a special buy 4 get 1 free. If you can't afford to play in the tournament or purchase a raffle ticket then please think about making any donation that fits your budget. You can use your credit card or Pay Pal to complete your transactions. Remember that all donations including the golf tournament and raffle are tax deductible.

Here is a link to purchase raffle tickets, register for the 6th Annual Hunger Busters Golf Classic, or to make a donation.

https://www.hungerbusters.com/checkout.aspx




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