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Albertsons, Boise State Athletes sponsor PPP

Posted Fri, 2010-05-07 14:16 by Anonymous

 Albertsons, Boise State Football sponsors Catholic Charities, Peddle Past Poverty Grocery Grab.

Albertsons will host the Peddle Past Poverty Grocery Grab, lead by athletes from Boise State Football and Basketball teams. 
Boise, Idaho (CCI) May 5, 2010 –Catholic Charities of Idaho set to host the first annual, Peddle Past Poverty community event highlighting poverty issues in Idaho. Boise based Albertsons will host the grocery grab featuring Boise State Football and Basketball athletes. 
Friday, June 4th, starting at 10:30AM, members of the Boise State Football and Basketball teams will race in a competitive grocery grab through the Albertsons located on Vista & Overland. Team members will compete to claim the highest grocery bill and claim the title in the 1st ever Peddle Past Poverty Grocery Grab. Albertsons will donate groceries equal to the grocery bill to Catholic Charities of Idaho and the families it serves. This event is one in a chain of events designed to bring awareness to poverty in the Treasure Valley. 
Peddle Past Poverty was designed to bring greater awareness and increased tangibility to the issue of poverty in Idaho. To give this issue some camera time, Catholic Charities of Idaho created multiple events designed to engage community members at all socioeconomic levels.
 
The word Peddle, rather than Pedal, was strategically chosen to represent the action in the form of a transitive verb meaning to promote an idea insistently.  Catholic Charities of Idaho has chosen to host a 3-day event. Catholic Charities sees Peddle Past Poverty as the perfect vehicle to generate energy around the poverty initiative in Idaho and to share the progress made.
 
Friday, June 4th, starting at 8:00AM, Boise State University School of Social Work, The Center for Community Building to End Poverty, and Catholic Charities of Idaho will present a community poverty simulation at Boise State Student Union Building. Members of the Boise State Football and Basketball teams will be participating in the poverty simulation. Afterwards players will be interviewed before beginning their competitive grocery grab to be held at the Vista & Overland Albertsons store. 
 
Saturday, June 5th, Catholic Charities will host our Family Ride to End Poverty. Individuals can gather unlimited sponsorship pledges or pay $20 to participate in the ride. All riders will receive an event t-shirt. The family ride will begin at St. Mary’s Parish parking lot at 9:30 AM and end at St. John’s Cathedral. Donations support the families served at Catholic Charities of Idaho. CCI will host a smaller children’s ride called Tikes on Trikes at St. Mary’s local parish parking lot starting at 8:30AM. Please complete this REGISTRATION FORM and mail or email completed forms to Julie Marcum-Hart.
 
Individuals, companies, and corporations interested in sponsoring the event or pledging a donation should contact Julie Marcum-Hart at (208) 863-5815 or email to jmarcum-hart@ccidaho.org .