‘Tis the season to be charitable, and the New York Yankees are once again sponsoring a holiday food drive on December 16 in which donors can receive two tickets to see the team play in 2011. Simply donate 30 pounds of non-perishable food items. Giving is great, but 30 pounds of food is the size of a small child! Still, here are some easy ways to rack up 30 pounds.
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Unlike in past years, rice and water won’t be accepted (yeah, way to try and cheat the system with your 30-pound bag of rice), so you’ll have to stick to canned and bottled products. According to the nearest Whole Foods, these choices equal the required 30 pounds:
20 cans of applesauce at $60
8 bags of sugar at $44
30 cans of pumpkin at $75
30 cans of salsa at $135
11 bottles of maple syrup at $209
30 pounds of walnuts at $300
Now it’s up to you. Game voucher distribution is limited to the first 100,000 pounds of food collected on December 16 at Yankee Stadium’s Gate 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., near the corner of 164th Street and Jerome Avenue. An added bonus: Lugging 30 pounds of food will help kick start that New Year’s resolution of working out and getting toned.
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