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The Cat’s Hat Raises Money For Manna
December 12, 2009
The Manna Hat Auction conducted by Cat Country 98.7 raised $540 for Manna Food Pantries in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
The 2009 Manna Hat is a straw hat signed by country artists like Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Brooks and Dunn, Darius Rucker and more. The signatures on the hat were collected by Cat Country 98.7 morning show host Brent Lane.
“What started off as a way to do something fun and do good for our community has really taken off.” Lane said. “The artists all signed it enthusiastically.” It took Lane about 10 months obtain all of the signatures.
The Resistol hat, which was donated to the radio station by the Davisville Country Store, was purchased by John Peacock, a Pensacola financial adviser. He plans to donate the hat to the American Cancer Society to be auctioned at the group’s Cattle Baron’s Ball. Peacock purchased last year’s Manna hat for $1,000, and it brought almost as much when auctioned by the Cancer Society.
Manna Food Pantries is a private, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to alleviating hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties of Northwest Florida. Manna is nonsectarian, community focused, volunteer supported and committed to the philosophy, “waste not, want not.” Manna believes that every person has a right to live free from hunger and that every person is to be treated with respect and dignity.
Manna Food Pantries began serving the hungry on January 3, 1983, then known as Manna Food Bank. Since then Manna has served over half a million people in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida, from Century to Navarre. Manna has given out over 6,000 tons of food to hungry families in our communities.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from the auction will go to Manna Food Pantries of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as they continue to help those in need from pantries in Pensacola, Ensley, Century, Jay, Molino and Milton.
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