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— Sharing Food To Relieve Hunger —
Laugh And Help
Feed The Hungry
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JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER
Comedy
Night I I I
for action against Lunger
starring
Ela y ne Boosler
also appearing
Mark Ridley, M. C.
Ken Brown
J ohn Heffron
Saturday, October 8, 1994
8 pm at the Fisher Theatre
Ticket prices are $50 and up.
$5f tickets are available at TicketMaster Outlets and the Fisher Box Office.
For higher priced tickets and information
call FORGOTTEN HARVEST at 810-557-2587.
Forgotten Harvest provides hunger relief by transporting donated,
surplus perishable foCKI to soup I:Ad-lens and shelters in the metro Detroit area.
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he name comes from a pas- penes during an upcoming fund-
sage in the book of Leviti- raiser. Next Saturday evening,
cus and the organization comedienne Elayne Boosler will
helps secular soup be performing at the Fisher The-
kitchens, pantries and shelters atre to raise money for this orga-
nization. Also appearing are local
across the metro Detroit area.
"The gleaning of your harvest comedians Ken Brown and John
you must not pick up; you should Heffron. Mark Ridley will be mas-
leave them for the afflicted one," ter of ceremonies.
During last year's fund-raiser,
reads the passage. Thus the
an unprecedented
name Forgotten
$180,000 was
Harvest.
raised with the
A nonprofit
appearance of
hunger-relief or-
Tim Allen, who
ganization, For-
stars in the popu-
gotten .Harvest
lar television
was founded be-
show "Home Im-
cause surplus
provement."
food was being
Not only did
thrown out while
Tim Allen's ap-
people were hun-
pearance gener-
grY.
ate money for
"This seemed
Forgotten Har-
like a simple way
vest, his involve-
to feed people,"
ment over the
said Marcia Fish- Marcia Fishman: H &ping to
past few years
man, the develop- feed the hungry.
has helped raise
ment director,
who along with her sister Nancy community awareness. Before
Fishman, were among the Mr. Allen's appearance, an esti-
founders of the organization. mated eight tons of food were de-
"Companies that produce and livered each month. Since last
supply food have surpluses that year, the number has grown to
would otherwise be thrown out." 20 tons and sometimes more, ac-
With two refrigerated trucks, cording to Ms. Fishman.
There are several reasons food,
Forgotten Harvest delivers at
least 20 tons of food each month that otherwise would end up in
to metro Detroit programs in- the garbage, is donated. Surplus
cluding the Foodbank of Oakland is often available because of an
County, Yad Ezra and the Detroit overestimation of the demand,
items cannot be sold close to the
City Rescue Mission.
Daily, the Forgotten Harvest expiration date but are still vi-
vans collect donated food from able, or the items are unattrac-
airlines, vending companies, dis- tive or improperly packaged.
"It (Forgotten Harvest) seemed
tributors and grocers — just to
name a few— and make imme- like a simple way to feed people,"
diate deliveries. Sometimes, food Ms. Fishman said. "I've been
is eaten the same day it is col- fund-raising for a lot of years. Its
easier than a lot of non-profits.
lected.
Operating Forgotten Harvest, People don't have to be attached
particularly maintaining the to an ethnicity or disease to want
vans, is costly. The organization to be involved." ❑
hopes to offset some of its ex-
The Makings Of
A Heated Race
JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER
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he contest between State
Senator David Honigman
and his Democratic chal-
lenger Vicki Barnett has
the makings of a "he said, she
said" battle.
At issue in this 15th District
State Senate race: Sen. Honig-
man's health.
Because of a series of surgeries
to remove adhesions or scarring
from his abdomen, the senator at-
tended 11 of 51 legislative ses-
sions earlier this year.
Sen. Honigman feels his oppo-
nent is trying to make his health
an issue in the campaign.
"She's trying to capitalize on