Strangers Helping Strangers
- Strangers Helping Strangers
Strangers Helping Strangers is a non-profit organization of music fans dedicated to holding food drives at concerts throughout the nation, benefiting those in need in each community an event is held.
The origins of Strangers Helping Strangers (SHS) dates back to late 1997, when fans of the Burlington, Vermont based band Strangefolk saw an opportunity to help those less fortunate by collecting non-perishable food at various Strangefolk concerts throughout the Northeast and donating it to food banks and charities in the cities and towns Strangefolk played. The first official food drive was held in 1998, and since then SHS has collected well over 70,000 items for charities from Maine to Delaware and as far west as California. In addition to working closely with Strangefolk, SHS has expanded to work with other bands such as the Assembly of Dust, Dark Star Orchestra, moe., Max Creek, Zen Tricksters, Scarecrow Collection, U-Melt, Rev Tor Band, and many more. SHS offers incentives and prizes to those who donate at their events, including live CD’s, merchandise, tickets to future concerts and much more.
SHS began with a volunteer group of five individuals and has grown by leaps and bounds to its current level. Today, SHS boasts a volunteer core of nearly thirty official volunteers, in addition to many friends and family members who help the organization in multiple ways.
Please visit the group's website for more information and details on upcoming food drives and other events.
[http://www.shstrangers.org Strangers Helping Strangers - Official Website]
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