Prairie State College Hosting Annual Foodapalooza

Last year, two tons of food and $1500 was raised for through Foodapalooza, an annual food drive and music festival. That was a ton more food than the previous year. This year, the goal is to collect even more food and money for Respond NOW, an emergency assistance agency helping residents in the south suburbs.

(PSC) is hosting the 6^th Annual Foodapalooza, from 3 to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at the outside pavilion on the Chicago Heights campus located at 202 S. Halsted St. The event is co-hosted by Rooster Audio/Visual Services and Respond NOW.

The performers for the evening include the Marian Catholic High School Marching Band, PSC Jazz Band, Dream Drop Distance, Rhythm & Moves, The White Roosters, Finishing School, Wolcott, Aardvark Aarmy, and Workout Music.

Additional sponsors include PSC Student Review (student newspaper), Homewood and Tinley Park Best Buy, Homewood Dairy Queen, UPS, Southtown Star, 103.5 KISSFM, B96, Radio Dobrez Inc., PSC Student Government Association, PSC Campus Programming Board, and Barnes & Noble Bookstore.

The fee to attend the event is five non-perishable food items.

For more information, call (708) 709-3500.