In the United States today, 42 million people face hunger, including 13 million children. Hunger knows no boundaries—it touches every community. Since its launch in 2009, the League’s Orchestras Feeding America food drive has seen over 450 orchestras from across the country collect and donate nearly 500,000 pounds of food. The efforts of these orchestras have helped spread the word about how and why orchestras are so necessary to their communities, beyond providing great music. Forty orchestras have participated in the 2017 food drive so far, ranging from Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra to the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra to Northern Valley Youth Orchestras in North Dakota. Since January, more than 29,173 pounds of food have been collected. The Orchestras Feeding America food drive continues throughout the year, so there’s plenty of time to join the effort to help those in need in your community. Visit https://americanorchestras.org/learn/education-and-community-engagement/orchestras-feeding-america/ to learn more.
