SHORT TAKES : Highwaymen Aid Homeless
The Highwaymen--country music stars Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson--arrived at their concert with more than 80 tons of food in tow to give to the area’s needy.
“We waste food in this country,” Jennings said.
Jennings and his wife, singer-songwriter Jessi Colter, praised the hunger-relief organization Feed the Children in collecting the food and urged concert-goers to donate more canned goods.
The produce, canned goods, cookies and potatoes loaded on four tractor-trailer trucks are being distributed to more than 50 area churches, food banks, shelters and other organizations.
The Highwaymen, who played Tuesday night at the Sun Dome, collected canned goods for the organization at each stop of the group’s 18-city tour of the West and Southwest.
Colter said 1.5 million pounds of food has been distributed so far during the tour.
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