Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

U.N., Formula 1 drivers gear up for food

|
|
 
  
Published: June 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM

LONDON, June 18 (UPI) -- Panasonic Toyota Racing Formula 1 drivers will team with the U.N. food agency at the British Grand Prix Sunday to raise awareness of hunger in schools.

Drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock will drive cars sporting the World Food Program "Fill the Cup" campaign logo for the rest of the 2009 season, starting at the Silverstone racetrack Sunday, the United Nations said Thursday in a news release.

The "Fill the Cup" initiative raises money for the agency's school programs providing daily meals to more than 20 million children in elementary schools in 68 countries, the United Nations said.

"Formula 1 provides a unique opportunity for the fight against global hunger to gain traction," said Nancy Roman, the World Food Program's director of public policy, communications and private partnerships.

"This is a great opportunity to reach all motorsport fans, from the thousands who attend each Grand Prix to the many millions who watch the racing on TV," Trulli said. "It only costs 15 pence (24 cents) to give a hungry child a cup with porridge. We need as many people as possible to know they can contribute to find a solution to hunger."

Topics: Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock
Recommended Stories
© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade The making of the Oscars
The Chicago Auto Show The Most Desirable Women of 2012 Tu Bishvat Migron settlement
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 21
President Obama Signs Smuggling Prevention Act at White House
View Caption
fark
If we timewarped back by 2000 years, what job would you most qualified to do? No, you can't bring...
BAD: getting caught in a landslide while hiking. WORSE: getting struck by lightning while trying...
Weepy eyes, hot chix, Jersey Shore Ronnie and a guy with mini fishing reels stuck in his beard....
French roadbuilders find 21 German WWI soldiers...and 1 goat
Photoshop this crazy old coot in the cold
Anonymous ends the week by bringing down the CIA webpage. *golf clap*