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MAY 2015

   

 

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Use Your Passion to Help Others

A group of Bay Area students from different high schools used their love of music to fight local hunger. Raama, Ajay, Geeta, Akshay, and Nitin formed RAGAn and organized a concert benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank. It was through their musical journey that they learned how prevalent hunger is in their community, inspiring them even more to make a difference.

Meet RAGAn.

 
 
 
 
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Helping Neighbors in Need in Daly City

The recipient of our McCown-Takalo Ending Hunger Advocacy Award, local hunger fighter Angela Waters runs two programs that serve 650 Daly City residents. When asked what inspires her to give, she replied, "It is difficult to be on the receiving end of services... I help because someone took the time to help me."

Read Angela's story.

 
 
 
 
 
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Kids: Authors of Their Own Stories, Part 2

Through a writing course, Jessica gave local kids a chance to share their food stories. In her final blog post, she urges us to not only focus on the economic and scientific sides of food, but also on the role food plays in our lives. Watch a video featuring her students and read students' poetry.

Check out Jessica's post.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Social Media Roundup

Did you know that Santa Clara County added jobs at an annual rate of 5.4%, the strongest growth in the nation? Or that Americans throw away an average of 20 pounds of food each month? Or that Gwyneth Paltrow shined a bright spotlight on SNAP when she took on — and failed — the food stamps challenge?

Catch up now.

 
 
 
 
 
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It's in the Can

Our community nutritionists know that people often turn up their noses when offered canned food, but they want to assure people that it's not all bad. In our latest Nutrition Newbie post, we talk about the many benefits of canned foods, from nutrition to its long shelf-life to easy preparation.

Learn more.

 
 
 
 

 

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