PHILADELPHIA – June 1, 2006 – The Philadelphia Stock
Exchange observed National Hunger Awareness Day on Tuesday, June
6 at 9:15 a.m. with a special bell-ringing ceremony. Mayor John
F. Street, proclaimed June 6 Philabundance Day.
Philabundance Chairman of the Board, David Miller, rang the opening
bell. Philabundance and the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank, the
Delaware Valley's two largest hunger relief organizations recently
integrated to form a new entity, which operates under the Philabundance
name.
Mr. Miller presented Philabundance’s inaugural Harvesters
of Hope Award to Victoria Marshall and Chris McNabb, two teen volunteers
who have made great contributions to the community effort to stamp
out hunger.
Remarks began promptly at 9:15 a.m., 15 minutes before trading
began.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades
1,946 stocks 2,177 equity options, 19 sectors index options and
currency and futures options. For more information about the PHLX
and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
Philabundance is the region's largest food bank and hunger relief
organization. Working with more than 600 neighborhood organizations
in both Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey, Philabundance
fights hunger and malnutrition principally by collecting and distributing
food to people in need. For more information about Philabundance,
call 215-339-0900 or visit
www.philabundance.org.
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