Virtual Thoughts for Food

RACINE — Thoughts for Food, an annual benefit for the Racine County Food Bank, has gone virtual. Now in its 29th year, the planning committee was forced to look at either cancelling the event or getting creative due to the COVID-19 virus. To avoid the potential for a "super-spreader" event and still raise money for the Food Bank, an alternative was settled on.

The event, traditionally held on the first Saturday in March, will be "broadcast" via YouTube this year. A diverse group of 12 bands has offered their time and talent as have lighting specialists and sound technicians. Videos will begin streaming on Saturday, March 6. Viewers will be encouraged to make donations either through the Facebook site at facebook.com/thoughtsforfood or the Thoughts for Food website at thoughtsforfood.org.

The website address for viewing is: youtube.com/channel/UCDbsBMTkjTLAf3jRgtyqzdA.

"I was sad to see that COVID took it away from us," Dan Taivalkoski, executive director of the Racine County Food Bank, said of a normal Thoughts for Food in a promotional video posted on Thoughts for Food's website. "I'm really hoping that folks will buy in to our new virtual Thoughts for Food for 2021, with the sincere hope that for next year in 2022 we can get back to normal (and) give each other a hug again."

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