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Jersey Rock Band and Diners Team Up to Help Food Banks

RARITAN, N.J., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey is known for its great diners and its great bands, like Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi. Unfortunately, today it's also known for being hard hit by job losses and the recession, resulting in thousands of newly hungry children, seniors and adults.

Jersey-based band, Kindred Souls came up with an idea to help. What if they performed at a diner in each of NJ's 21 counties and got the diner owners and patrons to donate to the NJ Federation of Food Banks? And what if they hit all 21 diners in just 48 hours? That idea is now the Diners Donate Dollars Tour, slated for Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21.

The tour kicks off in Princeton on Friday and ends in Jersey City on Sunday. The band and the 21 generous diner owners hope to raise enough money for the Federation to distribute 21,000 pounds of food.

"It's going to be a wild weekend for us as we race around performing in diners throughout the state," says keyboardist Lon Bachrach. "We hope that the community will come out and support this effort and remember that their diners went the extra mile for those less fortunate."

More information about the Diners Donate Dollars tour, including the full tour schedule, can be found at www.dinertournj.com. And visit the Kindred Souls website for a free download of their latest release, Whatchagonnado.

About NJ Federation of Food Banks:

The New Jersey Federation of Food Banks distributed over 27 million pounds of food to more than 1,800 charitable programs statewide last year. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Food Bank of South Jersey, Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, and NORWESCAP Food Bank are members of the federation.

About Kindred Souls:

New Jersey based Kindred Souls is an original rock band flavored with blues, funk, jazz, and R&B. The founding members of Kindred Souls are lead vocalist and songwriter Jeff Rafferty and keyboardist Lon Bacharach. The band features bassist Stan Quincy Adams, guitarist Ted Heman, and drummer Paul Lavenhar.

SOURCE Kindred Souls