4th annual legal food frenzy forms

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4TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE LEGAL FOOD FRENZY RETURNS TO VIRGINIA LAW FIRMS

The Legal Food Frenzy is a statewide competition among Virginia law firms where firmscompete in a head to head competition to see which can raise the most food and funds for

their local Food Bank.

Last year, 21 firms in Southwest Virginia raised more than $19,000 and 1,000 lbs of food forthe Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank and its partner agencies. Thats the

equivalent of more than 60,000 meals for hungry men, women and children in this region.Statewide, more than 200 firms and offices participated, raising the equivalent of1,652,732pounds of food in cash and food donations.

This year, we want you!

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and the Virginia Bar Association are once again challenging

the legal community across the Commonwealth to raise the bar this year for the hungrychildren, elderly and working poor. The 4th Annual Statewide Legal Food Frenzy,benefiting the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank and six other Federation ofVirginia Food Bank members throughout the state, will take place April 5 - 16, 2010.

The Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank needs our help this year more thanever before. In the latest hunger study,Hunger in America 2010, released this February byFeeding America, one in eight Americans reported having sought emergency food assistancelast year. In this region, more than 201,000 hungry clients are served annually bySouthwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank, 66,000 of which are children.

This campaign provides lawyers and their staff an opportunity to make a big difference intheir communities by helping their neighbors who are struggling to feed themselves and theirchildren.

Furthermore, the Legal Food Frenzy is a competition for the Attorney Generals Cup, whichwill be awarded to the one law firm, agency or corporate legal department that raises the most


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Christopher M. Gill, Co-ChairVBA/YLD Legal Food Frenzy

Christian & Barton, LLP

food and funds per capita in its office. That means every firm, large or small, has a chance towin this coveted award!

In addition to the Attorney Generals Cup, Attorney General Cuccinelli and your local FoodBank will be issuing awards to winners of the sole practitioner, small, medium and large sizefirm categories and a newly created category for government and public sector offices.

Please confirm your participation by Friday, March 19, 2010 , for the 4th AnnualStatewide Legal Food Frenzyby contacting Tamarra Holter, Development Assistant at theSouthwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank at [email protected], or bytelephone at (540) 342-3011 ext. 28. You may also send the registration form included withthis letter via fax, email or mail to, Attn: Tamarra Holter, SWVA Second Harvest Food Bank,1025 Electric Road, Salem, VA 24153; Fax: (540) 342-0056.

Kick-Off Luncheons will be held in various locations around the state shortly before thebeginning of the event. Please contact Tamarra for information about the date and location ofthe luncheon in your area.

We are challenging YOU to join your colleagues in this humanitarian effort and make the

4th Annual Statewide Legal Food Frenzy even more successful than last years event!

Sincerely, Sincerely, Sincerely,

Derek H. Swanson, Co-ChairVBA/YLD Legal Food Frenzy

McGuireWoods LLP

Virginia E. Robinson, Co-ChairVBA/YLD Legal Food Frenzy

Greenberg Traurig LLP

For more information visit www.legalfoodfrenzy.com today!
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4th Annual Statewide Legal Food Frenzy

Registration Form

Firm Name: ___________________________

Contact: ___________________________

Address: ___________________________

___________________________

Telephone: ___________________________

E-Mail Address: (required) _____________________

Number of Employees in firm _______________

Upon receipt of the registration form, you will be sent a

complete packet of information pertaining to the event.

Please fax or email this form to Tamarra Holter,

Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank,

Fax: (540) 342-0056 - Email: [email protected]

byMarch 19, 2010

1025 Electric Road, Salem, VA 24153

www.swvafoodbank.org
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Pick-Up Information Form

Please FAX to the Food Bank on April 16 close of business day to (540) 342-0056, Attn: Tamarra Holter, LFF

Firm Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Firm Physical Address/suite#/floor: _____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Firm Contact: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Phone Number: __________________________ Number of Employees: __________________________

Please check here if your firm will be delivering food and monetary contributions to the Foodbank to receive the extra25% bonus. (In which case, you do not have to fill out the rest of this form.)

Please check here if your firm has only a monetary contribution to be picked up and does not have any food donation Amount of $ collected: _______________________________________________________________________________

The following questions pertain to firms that have collected food.

Approximate # of pounds, boxes, bags, etc., collected: ______________________________________________________

Yes No May pallet jacks/hand trucks be used to transport food in your firms building?

Yes No May a service elevator be used in your firms building?

Yes No If your firm resides in a multi-level building, can food be stored on the first floor?

If no, what floor will the food be stored? ________________________________________________

Please assure that your receptionist can direct Food Bank staff to where the donated food is being kept.

Thank You and Good Luck!


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Creative Ideas for Your Food Frenzy Campaign

Dress Down Day- If you donate a certain amount you may wear casual attire. Match- Some local firms have had very successful campaigns by simply offering a match.

Whatever totals the firms staff collects during the competition, the firms partners match. A match

can really add a bang to your total at the end!

Potluck Day- Everyone brings a dish for lunch and in order to gain entrance you must pay anadmission fee.

Costume Theme Day- Create a theme, for example, Mardi Gras or St. Patricks Day Parade. Ifyou bring in a certain cash amount you may dress for that theme.

Food Theme Day- Challenge co-workers to bring in as many different food items as possible in acertain category. For example, food geared towards people with diabetes, or food for children in aparticular age group. Whoever has the most different types of food within the category wins a prize.

Lunch for the Hungry Day- Everyone contributes what they would normally spend on lunch. Cookout- Last year a Roanoke Valley firm raised a large chunk of change with a cookout for all

employees. The firm provided the burgers, dogs, and buns; the staff each brought a dish; andeveryone paid a fee to get in!

Prize- Have a prize for all employees who participate if your company wins their category or overallevent.

Totals- Display daily totals in high-traffic areas or announce totals using emails to keep people upto date and involved.

Friendly Competition- Conduct non-monetary waging and/or email wars between law firms and/orfirm sections.

Rewards- Have rewards for staff members who donate more than $100.


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4th Annual Statewide Legal Food FrenzyRULES

The following explains the rules for counting non-perishable food and case contributions to the Legal Food Frenzyfor the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank

The contest runs from April 5 April 16, 2010. You may not count any money or food collected after April16th. All food and funds must be received by 4:30 April 23rd.

If a firm delivers all food and monetary contributions to the Southwestern Virginia Second HarvestFood Bank at 1025 Electric Rd., Salem, VA 24154 your firm will receive a 25% bonus of tabulatedpounds!

Each dollarcontributed will count as four pounds of food.

Checks should be made payable to: SWVA Second Harvest Food Bank

Contributions of money are tax-deductible and are very welcome. Please note, if you are contributing cash,please include a receipt with the contributors name, address and amount of donation.

You may donate online by going to our Legal Food Frenzy page at www.swvafoodbank.org/LFF10 and clickthe donate now button.

Food items will be weighed at the Food Bank and the results tabulated in pounds.

Candy will not be counted.

When counting the number of employees, count each person working at the firm, regardless of position.

Please do not contribute food items in glass containers they have a high risk of breakage.

Please do not open items that are already packed in cases, cartons, or boxes. This will make it easier forthe Food Bank to pick up.

It is very important that you tell the Food Bank the approximate amount of food you have collected in orderfor our transportation department to prepare properly.

If your firm only has a monetary contribution, this needs to be communicated at the time your pick-up dateis assigned so the Food Bank is aware of what form of vehicle to send to your firm.

All food and fund donations must be turned into the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank inorder to be counted towards the competition.

Law firms with multiple office locations will compete as a single entity for Attorney General awards. Fill out the pick-up information form by April 16 th, and return by fax to Tamarra Holter, at (540) 342-0056

THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK!

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