BOSTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Aerosmith is asking fans on the band's current concert tour to donate food to hunger organizations in each city along the way.
The project is the result of an alliance the band initiated with World Hunger Year (WHY), United Press International reported.
WHY's Artists Against Hunger & Poverty program annually enlists performing artists to help raise funds and awareness for community-based organizations working to fight hunger, and has raised more than $6.5 million in concert-related donations for more than 500 grassroots, hunger and poverty organizations in the United States.
"In a country as rich as ours, the fact that there are so many people living
in poverty and children are going hungry every day tells me that our spiritual bank account is way too low," said Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler. "It's just unacceptable."
Thirty-three million people -- including 13 million children -- live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger.
