2007 Press Release

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Media Contact:
Dalyn A. Miller
Public Relations
617-504-6869
dalyn@dalynmillerpr.com
BOSTON’S TOP CHEFS JOIN FOR SHARE OUR STRENGTH’S
2007 TASTE OF THE NATION PRESENTED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS
Boston Event Contributes to Nationwide Fight to End Hunger
BOSTON, February 6, 2007 On April 5, 2007 from 6:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m., more than 70 of Boston’s top restaurants including Tremont 647, Rialto, Finale, Masa, Les Zygomates, East Coast Grill, and many more, will join together at the Hynes Convention Center in the fight against hunger at Share Our Strength's TASTE OF THE NATION Boston, presented nationally by American Express. Part of the largest nationwide benefit to fight hunger, this annual fundraiser includes food and wine tastings from the city’s finest restaurants, wineries, and Samuel Adams, an extensive silent auction, and live entertainment.
National sponsors, Sysco, Food Network, Jack Daniels and San Pellegrino, have joined with local sponsors including Timberland, Comcast CN8, Yale Appliance & Lighting, Whole Foods Market, Stuff@Night, Vermont Butter & Cheese, and Costco; greater Boston’s restaurant community; and an all-volunteer organizing committee to ensure that 100 percent of all ticket sales go direct to the fight to end childhood hunger.

“Each year, more than 13 million American children face hunger and the number of Americans who went homeless and hungry last year actually increased,” said Caralyn Quigley, chair of Taste of the Nation Boston. “Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation Boston gives chefs, restaurateurs, corporate partners, and concerned members of the community the opportunity to come together to help solve this problem.”
Share Our Strength, one of the nation’s leading anti-hunger organizations, started Taste of the Nation in 1987. Since 1988, TASTE OF THE NATION Boston has raised more than $1.2 million to support local and statewide organizations such as the Food for Free Committee, The Greater Boston Food Bank, Operation Frontline Massachusetts, and Project Bread/The Walk for Hunger. Twenty percent of annual proceeds also benefit national and international anti-hunger, anti-poverty efforts.
“Taste of the Nation mobilizes thousands of Americans to join the fight against hunger,” said Bill Shore, founder and executive director of Share Our Strength. “It allows members of the community to get on board with Share Our Strength’s commitment to addressing both immediate and long-term solutions to hunger and poverty.”
TASTE OF THE NATION Boston event spokespeople are Andy Husbands and Jody Adams. Both are available for radio, television and print interviews schedule permitting. Contact Dalyn A. Miller at 617-504-6869 or
dalyn@dalynmillerpr.com for more information or to discuss scheduling.
TASTE OF THE NATION Boston will be held on Thursday, April 5, 2007 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston. Tickets are $85.00 for General Admission and $125.00 for VIP (entry at 5:30pm). To purchase tickets please visit any Boston-area Whole Foods Market (locations at http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com) or call
617-774-1321; tickets and more information are also available on-line at http://www.tasteofthenation.org/boston.
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About Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength, one of the nation’s leading anti-hunger, anti-poverty organizations, is a non-profit organization which meets immediate demands for food while investing in organizations that have a proven track record of success and whose work actually attacks the root of the hunger problem. For information about events happening nationwide, visit http://www.strength.org.
About Taste of the Nation
Taste of the Nation®, presented by American Express, a project of Share Our Strength, is the nation's preeminent culinary benefit supporting the fight to end hunger. Each spring, more than 10,000 individuals, from chefs and restaurateurs to public relations professionals and accountants, come together in more than 65 cities across the United States and Canada to organize one-of-a-kind culinary events. The events, which include food and wine tastings, seated dinners, brunches and barbeques, host more than 60,000 attendees annually.