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On Tuesday, December 9th, Geeks Who Give, a recently formed community group in Philadelphia, will be hosting a Food Drive & Tweetup to benefit Philabundance. The event will take place at National Mechanics in Old City from 6 to 9pm. At 7pm, local food podcasters Fork You will be giving a cooking demo with non-perishable food items. The event will be followed with everyone’s favorite, TechKaraoke at 9pm.

Admission is a minimum of 5 non-perishable food items. The food items must be packaged in boxes, cans or plastic bottles, and should not have to be refrigerated. In addition to drink specials, guests will receive 1 raffle ticket for the first 5 food items, and more tickets for additional food items. The current list of raffle prizes includes:

Dinner with the City Paper food critic, David Snyder, PhilaFoodie,
Dinner for Two at Fork in Philadelphia,
A Gift Certificate and T-shirt from Tattooed Mom’s,
Treats courtesy of Open Source Cupcakes,
A $75 gift certificate to the Wine School of Philadelphia.
More prizes being added everyday!

We are reaching out to local voices in the community in an effort to team up, not only to promote Philly, but to raise as much awareness as possible for this very important cause through blog posts, news articles, word of mouth, etc. Would you like to contribute to making this event a success? If so please contact us at any time at info@geekswhogive.org or just simply get involved!

About GWG

Geeks all over the world are proving to be open and caring individuals, and the Philadelphia tech scene is no exception. This compassion reaches beyond such limitations as 140 characters on twitter into real life places like Indy Hall, P’unk Ave, IgnitePhilly, The Hactory, Geekadelphia and various local establishments and businesses. Geeks Who Give seeks to mobilize this community to reach beyond its self contained boundaries, to route that amazingly powerful and positive energy to people and causes that really need it.

The Theory: Open Source Community Giving

Everyone has something to contribute. Long term goals include idea, goods & services, and resource banks from which we can draw as well as coordinating volunteer opportunities on an individual basis and organizing large scale volunteer efforts for continued organization-based support

The vision is for this to happen organically, for those things which resonate to surface, and those which don’t to naturally recede. Everyone in the community is invited to participate at whatever level they feel most comfortable — from planning & organizing outreach to attending events — to blogging, promoting and evangelizing the cause. We are more than the sum of our parts, and together, we are capable of anything

We all have something to give. What will you give today?

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