More than 35.5 million people in the United States and Canada will go hungry during the holidays.
The Challenge: For all user groups to hold a food drive at their meeting this month. There is plenty of need, especially this year!
Participating Groups
Below is a list of all groups participating in this year's Geek Food Drive.
- NoVa Code Camp: Reston, VA - 12/6/2008
- Metro Toronto .NET User Group: Toronto, ON - 12/9/2008
- Central Ohio .NET Developer Group: Columbus, OH - 12/11/2008
- Bartlesville .NET User Group: Bartlesville, OK - 12/12/2008
- Philly .NET User Group: Malvern, PA - 12/17/2008
Is your group participating? Let us know!
Local Food Banks
Listed below are resources to find food banks in your area to donate non-perishable goods.
- United Way
- Feeding America
formerly Second Harvest - PantryNet.org
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Rewards
As a little incentive, we are offering the following rewards for those groups who bring in the most donations based on the following ratio: Total Items Collected / Number of Attendees. Prizes will be awarded on or before January 15th, 2009 and all claims must be submitted by January 12th, 2008.
Want to donate? Contact Us!
The following rewards are currently available:
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Extra INETA Speaker in 2009 1
(Quantity: 1) -
TechSmith Camtasia
(Quantity: 2) -
TechSmith SnagIt
(Quantity: 2) -
5 O'Reilly Media Books
(Quantity: 4) -
Suprise Swag from the MVP Team
(Quantity: 20) -
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional
(Quantity: 1) -
Microsoft Expression Web 2.0
(Quantity: 1)