10/31/2023
Join us as we have a food drive to help out the Preston & Steve Camp-out for Hunger!
For the next 2 weeks (10/31 to 11/15) our office is accepting donations of non-perishable food items at our office that will be delivered to the camp-out, which benefits Philabundance. At a time when many are struggling, there's no better time to help out.***
Please see below for more information, and read the story of how the camp-out got started.
Items can be dropped off during normal office hours:
Monday 8-6
Tuesday 8-5
Wednesday 8-6
Friday 8-3
We thank you all for your support!!
- The staff at Boss Dentistry
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MOST NEEDED ITEMS:
Creamy peanut butter (Plastic containers only)
Canned/shelf-stable meats (Including tuna)
Shelf stable white milk
Canned beef stew
Canned chili
Breakfast cereal or hot cereal
Nuts/ trail mix
Whole wheat pasta
Brown Rice
Jelly (Plastic containers only)
Canned fruits & vegetables (low salt, no high fructose corn syrup)
Only boxes, cans, plastic containers or non-breakable jars and which do not have to be refrigerated can be collected.
PLEASE DO NOT DONATE:
Beverages of any kind, including bottled water, juice or sugary drinks
Potato chips, cookies and other unhealthy snacks
Seasonal Items (i.e. cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie mix, peppermint flavored items, holiday themed items)
Bread and baked goods (which go bad quickly)
If you are not able to make it out this year, you can donate right at the register of your local Acme Market. The Acme Head Start Program this year will run through Campout, and end on Wednesday, Nov. 22nd
How The Camp-Out got started:
It was back in 1998 when Preston Elliot, Steve Morrison, and Marilyn Russell started a charitable endeavor called the Camp Out for Hunger. None of them could have imagined what they started over 20 years ago would grow to what it is today. The goal of the first COH was to raise 1 ton of food, now it is the largest single site food drive in the country.
Since year one, hosts Preston and Steve literally park themselves in a parking lot for a week straight. They sleep in an RV all week long, broadcast their show every morning, and invite people to come by to donate food for Philabundance.
The event has evolved dramatically in the last 24+ years, but the mission of the COH has always remained the same: Feed the food insecure of the Delaware Valley. The very first of these week-long food drive was held in the parking lot of the now closed Adams Mark Hotel on City Ave. The live broadcasts became a spectacle that people needed to see. Local and national celebrities began to make their way on the air. The operation outgrew the hotel parking lot and moved to the Metro Plex Shopping Center in Plymouth Meeting. Eventually, THAT operation got too big and moved to the current home, the parking lot of Xfinity Live! inside The Wells Fargo Center Complex.
Each and every year, the people of the Delaware Valley donated more food and money than the previous year. Sponsors of the event got more and more involved and their donations grew as well. From early on The Preston & Steve Show offered a live broadcast to the business that donated the largest amount of food in weight. Companies like Half.com, TH Properties and CheapCarribean.com were the first to rise to the occasion; but over a decade ago, Subaru of America claimed that top spot. Since 2007 they have donated Not to dissuade other companies from competition, Subaru initiated the Camp Out for Hunger Business Challenge which added prizes for 2nd and 3rd place plus shared ideas and incentives for hosting successful food drives. It is a true community effort.
The growth of Camp Out has been amazing over the past 2 decades. What began as an initiative to raise 1 ton of food in 1998 became a juggernaut that yielded 2,821,949 pounds of food and $1,078,254 in 2022.
That’s an all time total of over 22 million pounds of food donated to Philabundance.
** If you are unable to donate at this time, please consider donating to your local food pantry in the future if / when you are able.**
