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Mollie Stone's Kicks Off 'Cans For Fans' Food Drive

Each Facebook "like" leads to a can of food donated to San Mateo County food banks.

A “Like” goes a long way, according to Mollie Stone’s Markets, who just kicked off their Second Annual “Cans For Fans” virtual food drive.

Mollie Stone’s Markets, which has a location in Burlingame, will donate a can of food to Bay Area food banks on behalf of its followers. Each can donated will be matched with a can of organic soup from Amy’s Kitchen.

"We appreciate our friends at Mollie Stone's for organizing their annual Cans For Fans drive and hope our soup can help nourish local families in need,” said co-founder Rachel Berliner in a press release.

To make a free donation, anyone may "Like" Mollie Stone's Facebook Page and use the Cans For Fans application to designate their local food bank to receive two cans of food.

The virtual can drive ends on January 4, after which Mollie Stone's and Amy's will present the donation to the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.

Last year, more than 290 cans of protein-packed food were donated to the food banks through the first Cans For Fans, said Mollie Stone’s co-owner David Bennett.

"There are many important causes to support during the holidays," said Bennett, "but if you have been to our stores you are familiar with our passion for feeding people wholesome food."

With one in four Bay Area residents affected by hunger, said Bennett, Mollie Stone's has furthered its commitment to the food banks by making donation barrels available at its nine stores.

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John Pivirotto April 12, 2013 at 11:33 am
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Tim Chafee March 30, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Oh yeah! Like I need advise from the Hollywood dung elite like Bill Maher and Danny D'Midget toRead More offer me diet suggestions. If you don't like the product, don't buy it.
E Vorsatz March 18, 2013 at 11:08 pm
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Reid Kowallis April 22, 2013 at 07:01 pm
Who will respond to emergencies at Hoover School? I measured the width of the two small bridgesRead More near the bottom of Canyon Road today. One is 17’ 10” and the other is 18’. Emergency response vehicles are 10’ wide, landscape pickup trucks are 8 feet wide and SUVs are 7’ feet wide. Consider what will happen every school day when children are dropped off at school. Traffic will stop on these two bridges and no emergency vehicles will be able to pass. This will happen every school day, twice a day even when there isn’t an emergency. Consider what will happen during any real emergency. The school is located near the San Andreas Fault. Two 30” high pressure gas mains are even closer. The fire department plans to close the fire house on Hillside near the Hoover School. Who will respond to emergencies at Hoover School? How will responders get to the school?
Reid Kowallis April 22, 2013 at 06:34 pm
Has anyone read the safety/disaster plan for Hoover School? The fire department admitted that theyRead More did not take Hoover School into account in the EXPENSIVE consolidation study they commissioned. On April 9th, 2013 I attended a Burlingame City meeting on fire department consolidation . The fire department has paid for a study that recommends closing the fire house on Hillside. They plan to build a new station near Trousdale on Skyline in close proximity to two 30” high pressure gas mains (http://www.pge.com/myhome/edusafety/systemworks/gas/transmissionpipelines/) and within half a mile of the San Andreas Fault.