This weekend Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev heads to Phoenix to attend various events on behalf of the Taste of NFL

, a non-profit organization dedicated to kicking hunger in America.

Kira kicks off her support Thursday with a stop at the NFL Media Center to talk with various media outlets. During Friday afternoon, she’ll visit the Community Kitchen program at St. Mary’s Food Bank with TNFL players and chefs, Cake Boss’s Joey Faugno and Mauro Castano, and Bizarre Foods’ Andrew Zimmern for a special thank you presentation to St. Mary’s students and volunteers. Later in the evening, Kira will attend the Friday Night Huddle and a special guest reception for sponsors, pro athletes, chefs and celebrity guests.

On Saturday, Kira will join the TNFL for their main event, the 24th Annual Party with a Purpose® at the WestWorld of Scottsdale. There Kira joins numerous celebrities as well as co-host Alyssa Milano, and Adam Richman, 32 prominent chefs and NFL players representing every NFL city in the country, to support the fight against hunger and to raise funds for food banks across the country.

Miss America is thrilled to be a part of the TNFL and its Party With A Purpose® which is the single most successful NFL-sanctioned charitable event at the Super Bowl. The TNFL continues to help feed the 37 million Americans who have turned to their local food banks for assistance. Thousands of families and dozens of new hunger projects have been affected by this major volunteer effort. For more information, please visit www.TasteoftheNFL.com.

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