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Food For Love Raises Over $862K For Hungry New Mexicans
…People Still Encouraged to Donate as State’s Hunger Crisis Continues
SANTA FE – Food for Love organizers are thrilled to report that so far the benefit concert has raised $862,577. All the money is going to the New Mexico Association of Food Banks who, through their partner food banks, will be able to provide 3,450,300 nutritious meals for New Mexicans who are having trouble putting food on their tables.
“New Mexico food banks are grateful for the generous help provided by people from our home state, those from other parts of the U.S, and people from as far away as Europe and Australia,” said Sherry Hooper, Chairperson of the New Mexico Association of Food Banks. “Not only did the Food for Love benefit concert raise enough funds to provide more than 3.4 million meals for New Mexicans in need it called attention to the severity of hunger in New Mexico. We thank the Planning Committee for their tremendous work on
Donations have poured in from such locations as Ireland, Italy and Dubai.
At least 35,000 people viewed the virtual concert on a streaming platform.
FARMINGTON Last weekend s Food for Love virtual concert that raised money for organizations across New Mexico that feed the hungry has generated more than $700,000 in donations so far.
The five-hour event, which featured virtual performances by The Chicks, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, David Byrne, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell and Shawn Colvin, as well as Farmington s DDAT and Chevel Shepherd, among others, went off without a hitch and drew viewers and contributions from around the world, according to Terry Allen, a Santa Fe-based artist and musician who helped organize it.
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Kurt Vile. CREDIT: Matthew Baker/Getty Images.
Kurt Vile has performed an acoustic version of his track ‘Runner Ups’ for the Food For Love charity livestream over the weekend.
‘Runner Ups’ comes from Vile’s 2011 album ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo’, which
NME gave four stars at the time of its release.
Watch the performance below (around the 1:57:16 mark):
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Food For Love was organised to benefit the New Mexico Association of Food Banks, and has raised more than £500,000 ($700,000) so far. The livestream also featured appearances from David Byrne, Nathaniel Rateliff and
Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin.