April 2011
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WatchNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Rocking out—with a mission
Thanks so much to Peter Alexander and the team at NBC Nightly news for this fantastic piece! For those of you that missed it, the segment that aired last night is posted above (and a web supplement featuring our founder Syd Mandelbaum can be found here). The video does a great job of explaining our work in several of our...
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Rock and Wrap It Up! on NBC Nightly News
Great news! This evening, Rock and Wrap It Up! will be features on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. The piece will feature our work in hotels and sports, showing to viewers how our organization has been working to reduce hunger and poverty in North America for over fifteen years.
Check your local listings for airing times, and be sure to check our website and other social networking pages...
January 2011
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Arena Leftovers Assigned A Mission →
Check out this great article published in the January 16, 2011 issue of The Boston Globe! Thanks to connections made by Rock and Wrap It Up!, the Boston Rescue Mission (which has been serving Boston’s indigent population for over one hundred years) has found itself receiving large donations of prepared but unsold food from the TD Bank Garden located in the heart of the city. Home of the...
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How the AFC Championship Game Will Help Feed...
This past weekend was a huge one in NFL football, with some of the nation’s favorite teams meeting defeat at the hand of teams they’d found victory over in the regular season. For Rock and Wrap It Up!, playoff season creates a unique food donation situation. Though each member of our staff has its own NFL favorite, the work that we do means that we wish that all our partner...
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December 2010
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Where Kindness--And Thank-Yous--Abound →
Click the link to read a great piece written for the Long Island Herald about Rock and Wrap It Up!’s annual Thanksgiving event. The article details the Brinton family’s experience serving food to the less fortunate at the First Congregational Church on Beach 94th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens. The author, who resides within the confines of the Bellmore-Merrick Centeral High School...
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October 2010
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A Conflict of Interest
Those of you familiar with the College Music Journal should already be aware of what this week marks. For those of you who are not, it would behoove you to know that the official start to the annual CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival is upon us. Beginning on October 19th, events are being held all around New York City to celebrate this year’s up-and-coming musicians and filmmakers. The...
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WatchRecently, Brian Boyle and Steve Eminger of the New York Rangers joined Sports Wrap! coordinator Abby Kaish, Rock and Wrap It Up! Founder and CEO Syd Mandelbaum, and this year’s Lena and Joseph Mandelbaum Humanitarian Award recipient, David Alcaro, in the collection and donation of concession food and fresh produce to a New York City church. The food that was collected amounted to nearly 300...
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Thirty.
It’s official!
On Tuesday, October 12, 2010 the National Hockey League announced that all thirty of its franchises have partnered with Rock and Wrap It Up!’s signature Sports Wrap! program. The initiative—which involves the collection of all concession food prepared but not served or sold at the end of NHL games—is the first of its scale, as the NHL is the first...
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Back in the Saddle Again
Hi everyone!
Apologies for the radio silence… the end of the summer was a busy one for the crew at Rock and Wrap It Up! which meant very little time for blogging. From festivals to summer concerts, fall sports seasons, and school coming back in session, the road ahead is looking just as busy! However, we’ll be posting more updates on the work we’ve been doing in the upcoming...
August 2010
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Lollapalooza Roundup
As it turned out, finding the time to blog about a festival while you’re AT the festival and do not have internet in your hotel room became a very difficult task. With the mix of meetings, after parties, and taking the time to actually enjoy the festival, there was very little time to sit down and write. However, it’s about time for a festival roundup! Here’s a taste of what...
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Lollapalooza, Day One (Written On Day Two)
Hi everyone! Apologies in advance for not getting this posted sooner. An early morning flight after days of limited sleep + meetings + first day at Lollapalooza + long night of mingling at an after party made Taina a sleepy girl. Add to that the fact that we don’t have wireless internet in our hotel room, and there you have my reason for not getting the chance to write anything up about...
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Live From Lollapalooza
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We have officially landed and gotten situated here in Chicago and are getting ready to head over to see the first few acts at the festival. Just wanted to remind you all that we’ll be blogging about our time here — the shows we see, the people we meet, and the things we get to do in and around Chicago as we parttake in one of the best and biggest festivals in the United...
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Pre-Lollapalooza | T-Minus Three Days!
Chicago’s premier music festival is only a few days away! To say that we are excited would be an extreme understatement. Ashley, Taina and Bethany will be there in full force to expand on our thoughts and tactics in music and entertainment.
We plan on meeting with dozens of bands and increasing the likelihood of feeding millions of more who hunger. If you see us in our Rock and Wrap It...
The Hunger Manifesto →
Rock and Wrap It Up! on Blogspot
Check out our old blog for a look at some of our earlier work. There are tons of photos from our past events — see if you can spot any famous faces in the mix!