Big Potato Truck Steaming To Sarasota For Fundraiser

SARASOTA, FL – The Idaho Potato Commission is on a mission to prove you can’t have too much of a good thing – especially when it comes to giving.

The Big Idaho Potato Truck will offer a heaping helping of support to the Good Samaritan Pharmacy’s fundraiser for the United Way of South Sarasota County on Saturday, April 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Westfield Sarasota Square, 8201 S. Tamiami Trail, in the parking lot near JC Penney.

For every signature collected on the truck’s Signature Board during the event, the Big Idaho Potato Truck will donate $1 (up to $500) to The Good Samaritan Pharmacy. The truck’s team will also have games with prizes for participants, plus a chance to win a gift certificate to a local restaurant.

The Big Idaho Potato Truck is a 48-foot long flatbed trailer featuring a 28-foot long, 12-food wide and 11.5-foot tall, 6-ton Idaho potato. The super-sized spud is the star of the Idaho Potato Commission’s national advertising campaign.

While the Idaho Potato Commission won’t mash-and-tell if its prize possession is real, it does state that it:

• Would make 30,325 servings of mashed potatoes
• Could make more than 1.4 million French fries
• Would weigh 1,102 times more than the largest potato ever grown, weighing in at 11 pounds

Also as part of the event, a team of health professionals from the LECOM School of Pharmacy will be there to give free health screenings.

Good Samaritan Pharmacy is a nonprofit organization founded in 2008 providing no-cost medications and medical services to the uninsured, financially needy in the community. Their facility is located at 2502 N. Tamiami Trail in Nokomis. For more information, visit http://www.goodsamrx.org.

Potato fans can follow the truck along its journey around the country at www.potatotracker.com.

Image courtesy of the Idaho Potato Commission