Articles tagged:Rockin' for the Hungry

Posted: Thu Dec 9 4:12 p.m. by Heather Lockwood
Rockin' for the Hungry collects 200 tons of food, meets fundraising goal

Cyndy Pollard, a volunteer from Ann Arbor, puts a bag full of donated food into a shopping cart outside Kroger during the Rockin' for the Hungry food drive. The annual food frive Rockin' for the Hungry, met its goal of collecting 200 tons of food for Food Gatherers. Food and ...

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Posted: Sun Dec 5 8:21 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Rockin' for the Hungry brings in 170 tons of food

Rockin' for the Hungry, a five-day food drive for Food Gatherers, brought in 170 tons of donations, organizers say. That's short of the 200-ton food goal, although donations are still being collected. A final tally is expected to be complete in a few days, organizers said.

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Posted: Sat Dec 4 1:34 p.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director
Rockin' for the Hungry collects 125 tons of food — but more is needed

Updated with new totals at 5:30 p.m. The annual Rockin' for the Hungry food drive has collected 125 tons of food — but organizers say much more is needed to reach the goal of 200 tons by the time it ends Sunday. The five-day effort for Food Gatherers started Wednesday ...

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Posted: Wed Dec 1 3:51 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
AnnArbor.com is tracking donations for Rockin' for the Hungry

Update at 6 p.m. Sunday: The drive has collected 170 tons. The five-day Rockin' for the Hungry food drive for Food Gatherers officially began at 7 a.m. Wednesday and runs through Sunday afternoon. Food Gatherers has set a goal of collecting 200 tons of donated food by Sunday to distribute ...

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Posted: Wed Dec 1 12:18 p.m. by Heather Lockwood
Rockin' for the Hungry kicks off, aims to bring in 200 tons of food

Volunteers gather outside Kroger on Maple Road in Ann Arbor for the first day of the annual "Rockin' for the Hungry" food drive put on by Food Gatherers and local radio station 107one. Tim Stacey said deciding to donate to a charitable cause, such as Rockin' for the Hungry, is ...

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Posted: Mon Nov 29 4:10 p.m. by Heather Lockwood
Rockin' for the Hungry begins Wednesday at new location

Rockin' for the Hungry, Washtenaw County's largest outdoor food drive, aims to collect 200 tons of donated food this year between Wednesday and Sunday. The food drive will be held this year at Kroger, 400 S. Maple Rd., where area residents can purchase food or make a cash donation at ...

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Posted: Wed Dec 9 3 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Rockin' for the Hungry raises a record 258 tons of food

With the need for food at a nearly all-time high, Ann Arbor area residents stepped up and set a record during the five-day Rockin' for the Hungry event. Final tallies released today show 258 tons of food were collected between last Wednesday and Sunday for Food Gatherers.

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Posted: Sun Dec 6 2:40 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Rockin' for the Hungry reaches 200-ton food drive goal

Rockin' for the HungryƂ reached its 200-ton goal by 2:30 p.m., on the last day of its five-day run. Organizers say they'll have updated totals by Monday in the food drive benefitting Food Gatherers. The event ran from Wednesday morning through 5 p.m. today outside Busch's on South Main Street.

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Posted: Sat Dec 5 4:45 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Rockin' for the Hungry reaches 175 tons of food

The Rockin' for the Hungry "Carrotometer" is filling up. As the annual event got under way today - Day 4 of its 5-day run - more than 125 tons of food had been collected. By 4:40 p.m., that climbed to 175 tons. The Food Gatherers fundraiser is getting close to ...

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Posted: Fri Dec 4 6:03 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Rockin' for the Hungry reaches 114 tons so far today

As the third day of the annual Rockin' for the Hungry comes to a close, Food Gatherers said 114 tons of food have been collected so far.The push is on to reach 200 tons by Sunday, the goal Food Gatherers set at the beginning of a campaign officials say comes ...

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Posted: Thu Dec 3 8:18 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Rockin' for the Hungry gathers 52 tons of food

As the second day of the annual Rockin' for the Hungry comes to a close, Food Gatherers says more than 52 tons of food had been collected. Food Gatherers’ goal is to bring in 200 tons of food during the campaign, which runs through Sunday at Busch's on South Main ...

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Posted: Thu Dec 3 10:34 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Rockin' for the Hungry surpasses 38 tons of food

As the second day of the annual Rockin' for the Hungry got under way, Food Gatherers says more than 37 tons of food had been collected. By 1:30 p.m., the number had climbed to 38 tons. Food Gatherers’ goal is to bring in 200 tons of food during the campaign, ...

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Posted: Wed Dec 2 12:29 p.m. by Ronald Ahrens AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Rockin' for the Hungry kicks off as food need rises

Derek Johnson made a little detour on this morning’s commute to work. Heeding the appeal to donate to the Rockin’ for the Hungry food drive, Johnson went to Busch’s on South Main Street to present a cash donation to a Food Gatherers representative set up with the broadcast team from ...

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