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One of the great good-doings of recent months is coming to an end on Aug. 3.
Tuesday Tunes for Feeding Southwest Virginia, a livestreamed concert that served as a mini-telethon of sorts, and a response to COVID-19, will âcast its last on that day.
The 15-minute event will stretch to 90 minutes in a concert that you can see at Third Street Coffeehouseâs Facebook page, bit.ly/thirdstreetFB. Greg Trafidlo & Friends will headline.
The goal when the series started in May 2020 was simply to see how such an event might help Feeding Southwest Virginia, which has been in the hunger game for 40 years. But Third Street Coffeehouse organizer Bob Schmucker, who spearheaded the campaign, eventually saw that a goal of $20,000 was realistic. Thatâs enough to provide 100,000 meals. Schmucker said Thursday that the series was about $200 from reaching that figure.
Feeding Southwest Virginia recently wrapped up its participation in the 15th annual statewide Legal Food Frenzy, where three Southwest Virginia law firms top won awards.
Twenty-one law offices and organizations in a 26-county, nine-city service area joined in the competition, hosting creative activities designed to raise food and funds for local food banks.
Together, they raised more than $41,000 to support Feeding Southwest Virginia. Statewide, all firms participating raised more than $350,000, or the equivalent of 1.4 million pounds of food for all seven Virginia Federation Food Banks.
â2021âs Legal Food Frenzy has been the biggest ever for Feeding Southwest Virginia,â said Pamela Irvine, CEO of Feeding Southwest Virginia. âWe so appreciate our local legal organizations joining the fight against hunger in our region in such a big way, especially this year. Their generosity will make a lasting difference in the lives of others.â
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