LOCAL LUMINARIES LIGHT UP “HARVEST MOON”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Michelle Holcomb, 617-868-2900 ext. 132, michelle@foodforfree.org

(Cambridge, MA, August 15, 2006) On September 27, local notables will honor The Food For Free Committee as the Cambridge non-profit celebrates its 25th anniversary. Proceeds will benefit the organization’s Produce Rescue program.

Party-goers will include: Tom and Ray Magliozzi—“Click and Clack” from NPR’s Car Talk; Elsa Dorfman, photographer; Abe Rybeck, founder, Theater Offensive; Harvey Silverglate, attorney and civil libertarian; Livingston Taylor, singer-songwriter; Greg Watson, Chair, Offshore Wind Energy Collaborative; Walter Willett, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health; author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy; Robin Young, broadcast journalist and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker; and Howard Zinn, historian and political scientist.

About the Party Under the Harvest Moon

The Party Under the Harvest Moon will run from 6-10 p.m. on September 27 at MIT’s Morss Hall, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.
The party will feature finger foods and delectable sweets from numerous local restaurants and caterers, including Chez Henri, The Blue Room, Rendezvous in Central Square, Something Savory, Tables of Content, and Upstairs on the Square.

Partygoers can kick up their feet to live dance music from The Funky White Honkies or stroll through the offerings of the silent auction which will include vacation getaways, dining excursions, and one-of-a-kind works of art.

Tickets are $50 and are available by calling 617-868-2900 ext. 132, or on the web at foodforfree.org.

Sponsorship of the Party Under the Harvest Moon has been provided by Amgen, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard University, MIT, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, W.T. Phelan Insurance, the Harvard Cooperative Society, Cambridge Trust Company, Community Mapping, East Cambridge Savings Bank, and Tags Hardware.

About Food For Free

Food For Free responds to local hunger by rescuing fresh food that might otherwise go to waste and distributing it within the emergency food system where it can reach those in need.

Each month, Food For Free’s Produce Rescue program distributes fresh fruits and vegetables to between 50 and 60 food programs that collectively serve between 15,000 and 20,000 individuals. Programs served include food pantries, emergency shelters, meal programs, clinics and youth centers. Food For Free expects to distribute more than 800,000 pounds of food in 2006.

Food For Free’s other programs are Home Delivery, which provides monthly deliveries of food to low-income seniors and people with disabilities, and Field of Greens, which grows organic vegetables for distribution to emergency food programs.

Food For Free is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.

For more information, please contact Michelle Holcomb, Development Director, at 617-868-2900 ext. 132, or visit www.foodforfree.org.
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