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Grateful Dead Donate to Hungerthon

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STING, CSN, SANTANA, CHEAP TRICK & MORE DONATE TO 25TH ANNUAL HUNGERTHON

2010 marks the 25th year that WhyHunger, the non-profit organization founded by Harry Chapin and Bill Ayres, has made its annual November Hungerthon auction a premiere charitable event during the holiday season. To date, the auction has raised over $11 million to help put a stop to hunger and poverty worldwide.

This year, WhyHunger will open the auction to participants nationwide online; promoting it on SIRIUS XM and at radio stations across the country on Saturday, November 20 and Tuesday, November 23, making it the biggest Hungerthon yet at a time when many are struggling.

Here are just a few of the many items up for bidding during the 2010 Hungerthon:

Autographed guitars from Sting; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Carlos Santana and Cheap Trick

Grateful Dead pelon (t-shirt design stencil) autographed by all original members of the band

Baseballs autographed by the Yankees' Robinson Cano and Mariano Rivera and by the Mets' David Wright

Comedy Central Packageר VIP tickets to attend a taping of The Colbert Report and 4 VIP tickets to attend a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Tom Chapin house concert

Lunch with Charles Grodin

Dinner with Vincent Pastore

NY Giantsר great seats to attend a 2010/2011 season home game, with a pre-game personalized tour of Timex

Performance Center stadium by the NY Giants' Director of Community Relations (with opportunities for autographs)

Additional Hungerthon auction items will be announced soon.

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