Lynx All-Star Center Nicky Anosike and Over 500 Volunteers from ImpactLives to Pack Meals to Benefit
September 3, 2009 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Minnesota Lynx News Release
WHAT: Second of two Minnesota Lynx and ImpactLives packing events.
WHEN: Saturday, September 5, 2009 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Lynx All-Star center Nicky Anosike to assist in packing food from 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Target Center 600 First Ave N Minneapolis, MN 55403
WHO: 500 ImpactLives volunteers, along with Lynx all-star center Nicky Anosike and Lynx staff.
INFO: The Minnesota Lynx and ImpactLives, a Minneapolis-based non-profit organization, are teaming up in the fight against world-wide hunger. Prior to the September 5 Lynx versus Seattle Storm game, over 500 volunteers, including Lynx All-Star center Nicky Anosike, will head to Target Center to pack more than 150,000 meals to feed starving children and adults in the U.S. and around the world. Saturday's event is the second of two packing events at Target Center; 150,000 additional meals were packed and sent off on August 28 prior to the Lynx vs. Sacramento Monarchs game.
The packing events at Target Center will represent ImpactLives' two largest volunteer programs ever. To learn more about ImpactLives and the 'Hoops for Hunger' initiative, please go to www.hoopsforhunger.org. The mission of ImpactLives is to make an impact on world hunger and to create sustainable environments where people can flourish because their basic needs are being met.
About ImpactLives:
ImpactLives facilitates transformation in communities and people through leadership identification, immersive cross-cultural training, and short-term humanitarian efforts. ImpactLives trains groups, individuals, and organizations on how to become catalysts and change agents in communities around the globe.
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