The Dead Collects Food For Charity

The Dead, along with the non-profit Conscious Alliance, will host food drives during its “Wave That Flag” summer tour. At every show, the first 1,000 concertgoers who donate 10 non-perishable food items will receive a free poster designed by Grateful Dead artist Stanley Mouse.

The food drive will take place two hours before doors open until the beginning of the first set. Donations received will benefit Native American reservations across the Western U.S. and local America’s Second Harvest food-share affiliates (www.secondharvest.org).

The Boulder, Colo.-based Conscious Alliance began in 2002 as a group of college students coordinating food drives in conjunction with concert events and music festivals. Now, the national non-profit continues to feed the hungry by collecting food at various music, art and athletic events. For more information, go to www.consciousalliance.org.

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