CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The notion of ‘tackling’ is nothing new to a football mom, but the moms of 35 NFL players are giving tackling a whole new meaning this football season. The Professional Football Player’s Mothers Association (PFPMA) is teaming up with the Campbell’s Chunky/NFL Tackling Hunger® program and Feeding America, (formerly known as America’s Second Harvest) the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, to tackle a big issue -- the nation’s hunger.According to the United States Department of Agriculture, hunger affects more than 38 million Americans. To help fight this national problem, 35 moms from the PFPMA are taking part in the “NFL Moms Tackling Hunger with Chunky Soup” program, a friendly competition among moms of NFL players, where they’ll strive to raise as many food donations as possible for their local communities.
Beginning in September, which is also Hunger Action Month, each mom will receive 500 cans of Campbell’s Chunky soup to kick start their campaigns. The moms will work together with local Feeding America food banks in their hometowns to encourage other members of the community to help tackle hunger. At the end of the season, the three moms who generate the most donations for their local food banks will receive a trip to Tampa during the week of Super Bowl XLIII, where they’ll help to announce a soup-er donation—one million cans of Campbell’s® soups to Feeding America food banks nationwide!
The group of moms will be led by one of the most recognizable “Team Moms” in all sports, Wilma McNabb, mother of Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback, Donovan McNabb. McNabb came to fame by playing herself in the Campbell’s Chunky soup “Mama’s Boys” advertising campaign and now, as President of the PFPMA, will share her spirit and encouragement with the other moms as they help with the Chunky soup mission of tackling hunger nationwide.
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