Greater Boston Food Bank - Deutsche Bank Championship

The PGA TOUR Wives Association returned to the Greater Boston Food Bank for the third straight year to join with volunteers from the Deutsche Bank and State Street to sort food. PTWA members, joined by PGA TOUR player Justin Rose, donned red or blue shirts as everyone divided into two groups to set up a competition to see who could sort the most food in the time allotted. After two hours of fierce competition, a lot of laughter, a new appreciation for "sell" or "use by" dates, and more than a few paper cuts, the two groups had sorted over 12,000 pounds of food.

The Greater Boston Food Bank distributes over 24 million pounds of food annually to hundreds of local hunger-relief agencies. It relies on the approximate 12,000 volunteers from corporations, schools and civic groups who give over 40,000 hours of volunteer time to sort the food it receives from wholesalers, retailers and government food contracts. The Food Bank is the largest hunger relief organization in New England and one of the largest in the country. If you would like more information on the Greater Boston Food Bank, go to their web site at www.gbfb.org.