Ton o' Tuna Challenge  

November 7, 2009

Saturday 12:00am

Detail: The Second Harvest Food Bank, through its five hundred participating agencies, provides food to about 60,000 people each week.  And the need grows every day in these troubled economic times.  Because of the current economic downturn, the emergency food needs of Central Floridians have begun to exceed the food bank's capacity to respond.  With demand increasing daily, the food bank has never had less food on the shelves.  The most pressing need, in short, is for more food.  And among the non-perishable food items that Second Harvest distributes, none is more in demand among families in need than canned tuna – versatile, nutritious, and delicious.  
 
The Kiwanis Club of East Orange County has accepted the food bank’s “Ton o’ Tuna” challenge – we’ve agreed to help collect and donate 2,000 pounds of canned or pouched tuna to Second Harvest to help families in need between now and Christmas Day.  Here’s the math:  1 can of tuna is 6 ounces.  One ton is 2,000 pounds, or 32,000 ounces.  A “ton o’ tuna” is therefore 5,333 cans.  A challenging goal, but not impossible!
 
The Coordinator of our Ton o’ Tuna challenge is Christine Stewart (407-496-7873; email to cstewart@mail.ucf.edu).  Call Chris for information or to arrange for your group’s participation to help us beat the challenge!