Shine the Light on Hunger
A significant new addition to the Holiday Lights Festival is the “Shine the Light on Hunger” campaign which will provide an opportunity for the community to give back to those in need. The focus for this campaign is the Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc, an Omaha-based nonprofit organization that distributes between five and seven million pounds of food and household products to families in Nebraska and southwest Iowa each year.
As presenting sponsor of the Holiday Lights Festival, ConAgra Foods will host a temporary 50-foot by 140-foot ice-skating rink on its campus. The public is encouraged to bring donations of non-perishable food items and household goods to drop into collection bins, which will be distributed to families in need by The Food Bank. Admission is $5 for skating and includes skate rental. All proceeds from the skating rink will also be donated to The Food Bank.
In addition to the ice-skating rink, there will be other opportunities throughout the Holiday Lights Festival to support “The Shine the Light on Hunger” campaign. For example, canned goods and cash donations will be accepted at participating arts and cultural institutions at the Wells Fargo Family Festival on Sunday, December 16. Donations will also be accepted at Christmas At Union Station at the Durham Western Heritage Museum on Friday, November 23, at Wells Fargo bank branches November 26 – December 16, and at the Christmas with the Symphony concert at the Holland Performing Arts Center December 14 – 16.
In addition to ConAgra Foods and the community’s contributions, five percent of all sponsorship dollars collected to support the Holiday Lights Festival will be donated to The Food Bank.
