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Massive volunteer effort needed to collect food for hungry citizens during NFL draft in Detroit

Food will be distributed to select locations in Detroit, benefiting hungry citizens and reducing waste

NFL draft organizers are calling for a massive volunteer effort from the community to gather food from vendors serving an estimated 400,000 fans. (Joel Muniz, WDIV)

DETROITNFL draft organizers are calling for a massive volunteer effort from the community to gather food from vendors serving an estimated 400,000 fans.

The food will then be distributed to select locations in Detroit, benefiting hungry citizens and reducing waste.

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Organizers have selected Metro Food Rescue, which is a fast-growing nonprofit organization that rescues food from more than 50 locations across the Detroit area and delivers it to more than 70 partner food banks and pantries to rescue food from the draft events in the downtown area starting April 25-27.

“This is an opportunity to be a part of the Draft in a way that will have an immediate impact on our neighbors,” said Chad Techner, founder and CEO of Metro Food Rescue. “We’re looking forward to joining fans to reduce waste and making a difference while the eyes of the nation are on Detroit.”

Fans of the NFL festivities and draft volunteers can click here to register.

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Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.

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