Wild to Host 5th Annual Toyota Food Drive

by BReynolds on Nov 19, 2010 2:53 PM CST in News

If you are going to the game tomorrow night to get you busted groin Gaborik doll, make sure you bring some food with you. For the fifth year, the Wild will be accepting donations of non=perishable food itemsto benefit Second Harvest Heartland.

The benefit to you? Well, other than not feeling like a big mean jerk face, you can also get a "Buy one get one free" ticket voucher for future game. That right there should make it worth it. Bring them some mac and cheese, some soup, even some Pop-Tarts. Save the kidney beans. Bring them something you would actually want to eat, will ya?

You're getting a free ticket out of the deal, and you get your fancy pants "I want my money" bobblehead doll, too. Donating some good stuff to people who desperately need it isn't going to kill you. It may even make you feel good about yourself for a few minutes. Make us proud, Hockey Wilderness readers.

From the Wild:

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The National Hockey League’s (NHL) Minnesota Wild announced today that the fifth annual Toyota Food Drive to benefit Second Harvest Heartland, the Upper Midwest’s largest hunger-relief organization, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20 when the Wild hosts the New York Rangers at 7:00 p.m.

    Wild fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items and/or monetary donations to Gates 1-5 on Nov. 20 starting at 6:00 p.m. through the start of the second period. Fans donating 5 or more non-perishable food items will receive one buy one get one free ticket voucher per qualifying donation. The ticket voucher is good for a future Wild home game during the 2010-2011 hockey season. For every $5 donated, Second Harvest can provide 18 meals to the most vulnerable members of our community.

    Donations can also be made through the Wild Toyota Food Drive page which can be found at Wild.com/Community/Food Drive

    Our community’s working families; children and seniors are in need like never before. Food delivery to the food shelves, soup kitchens and shelters that make up the distribution network for Second Harvest Heartland’s Food Bank program has increased over 40% in just the last year.