{"id":469,"date":"2015-03-09T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/?p=469"},"modified":"2015-03-09T13:09:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:09:31","slug":"vso-participates-in-orchestras-feeding-america-national-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/2015\/03\/09\/vso-participates-in-orchestras-feeding-america-national-food-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"VSO Participates in Orchestras Feeding America National Food Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VALDOSTA \u2014 The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is once again participating in the annual League of American Orchestra\u2019s Orchestras Feeding America National Food Drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe food drive gives the VSO\u00a0another way to serve\u00a0our community,\u201d said Dr. Howard Hsu, VSO music director.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The Valdosta State University campus and surrounding communities are asked to support the VSO\u2019s efforts by donating a nonperishable food item during the food drive. Donations can be dropped off in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building, located at the intersection of Brookwood Drive and Oak Street, or the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, located at 527 N. Patterson St., Sunday, March 8\u00a0through Sunday,\u00a0March 15. \u00a0Donations will also be accepted the evening of the\u00a0VSO’s March 14\u00a0concert, “Flicker,” which takes place at 8 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The food collected will benefit Second Harvest of South Georgia, which supplies food and grocery product to more than 300 nonprofit organizations in Atkinson, Berrien, Brooks, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas, and Ware counties. The food bank is in need of all nonperishable food items, particularly dry soup, rice, canned or powdered milk, macaroni and cheese, cereal, peanut butter, beans, canned fruits and vegetables, tuna, canned meats, stew, soup, pasta, and fruit juices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>This year marks the fifty-second\u00a0anniversary of Orchestras Feeding America. Since the food drive\u2019s inception, more than 250 orchestras from across the country have collected over 400,000 pounds of food for needy families.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe efforts of these orchestras has helped spread the word about how and why orchestras are so necessary to their communities, beyond providing amazing music,\u201d according to the League of American Orchestras.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Contact Dr. Howard Hsu at\u00a0<\/span>hphsu@valdosta.edu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>On the Web:<\/span><\/p>\n

www.americanorchestras.org<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

www.valdostasymphony.org<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

www.valdostafoodbank.org<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Note: The VSO cannot accept items in glass jars or bottles, items that are unlabeled, dented cans, homemade foods, expired products, monetary donations, any open or resealed packages, clothing, diapers, other nonfood items, or perishable foods.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information contact Dr. Howard Hsu below<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Howard Hsu
\nAssistant Professor of Music
\nDirector of Orchestra Studies
\nValdosta State University
\nMusic Director, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra
\n<\/span>229-333-5841<\/span><\/p>\n

hphsu@valdosta.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>or call\u00a0The Department of\u00a0Music at\u00a0<\/span>229-333-5804.<\/span><\/p>\n

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