“Hit One Out of the Ballpark for Hunger” with St. Mary’s Food Bank
St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix, AZ is recognized as the world’s first food bank. Last year alone they distributed 43.4 million pounds of food in the Phoenix area. This particular food bank was actually founded by a man Oscar Mayer knows too well, his name was John Van Hengel. Mister Van Hengel also founded America’s Second Harvest, now known as Feeding America, which is a nationwide food bank organization to which Oscar Mayer donated $100,000 in 2008.
When we heard of St. Mary’s Food Bank we jumped at the chance to help! During our time at St. Mary’s we participated in “Hit One Out of the Ballpark for Hunger” which was a food drive where every donation was worth a chance to win tickets to Spring Training! We had a wonderful time at St. Mary’s with all of the wonderful volunteers and staff.
Oscar Mayer is based out of Wisconsin, home to many Green Bay fans so we were excited to see that even Mister Van Hengel was a fan!
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I’ve always loved the Wienermobile, it was a thrill to see it when it came to Mesa, AZ, many, many years ago. If I remember right, I got a wiener wistle back then.
Comment by Susan aka Night Beader — April 23, 2009 @ 5:02 pm