Sharing Service Stories » Hunger / Nutrition http://sharingservicestories.org Let your story inspire others Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:38:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 John Papazoglou: Committed To Serving The Homeless http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/08/john-papazoglou/ http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/08/john-papazoglou/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:00 +0000 fordrm http://sharingservicestories.org/?p=474 John PapazoglouJohn Papazoglou is committed to serving the homeless in his Dallas community John has been successful in creating and leading an on-going program that serves meals to approximately 225 homeless men, women, and children each month, in partnership with ARAMARK client, Baylor University Medical Center. Once a month, John plans menus, secures food donations, arranges transportation and organizes a team of both ARAMARK and Baylor volunteers who prepare, deliver and serve lunch to the homeless through the Cornerstone Baptist Church Homeless Outreach Ministry. John actively recruits volunteers and works to make volunteers feel appreciated. Over the last eight months, this program has fed approximately 1,500 men, women and children. More than 140 people have volunteered in excess of 560 hours of time to this cause.

]]> http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/08/john-papazoglou/feed/ 0 Livermore High School: Jefferson Awards’ Student Leaders Making a Difference in San Francisco Bay Area http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/livermore-high-school/ http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/livermore-high-school/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:44:18 +0000 Inglis Leslie http://sharingservicestories.org/?p=539 Livermore High SchoolThe student leaders of Livermore High School (Audrieana Bammer, Danielle Harvey, Kathryn
Rambo and Brittani Thurlow) were chosen to represent the San Francisco YSI Bay Area Region based on the school’s success in rolling out a new healthy foods program and its engagement of faculty support. Concerned about high rates of childhood obesity and diabetes, the Livermore High School students focused on creating a program to improve health and nutrition at their school, with the goal of expanding the program to neighboring schools across the Bay Area. In partnership with nutritionists and the Agricultural Department, Livermore now provides two to three vegetable and fruit lunch selections per day, and it has instituted various measures to ensure that they meet healthy food guidelines set forth by the American Heart Association.

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As a dietetics student at UIC, Peggy Balboa‘s philosophy toward her volunteer efforts is health and disease prevention through sound nutrition. She helped develop a pictorial “Food Access Guide” for Heartland Alliance Health Outreach – assisting newly arriving refugees in danger of poverty and food insecurity. She also developed a program to provide nutritional information training for men and women living with HIV/AIDS at Bonaventure House. In addition to these programs, Peggy volunteered as a SHIP counselor for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, working directly with senior citizens to help them interpret and choose the appropriate Medicare coverage for both their medical needs and prescription drug plans.

]]> http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/peggy-balboa-university-of-illinois-at-chicago/feed/ 0 Lynn Falanga: Bringing Her Energy to Ending Hunger http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/lynn-falanga-national-grid/ http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/lynn-falanga-national-grid/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:30:39 +0000 Inglis Leslie http://sharingservicestories.org/?p=366 Lynn FalangaLynn Falanga manages the daily operations of the National Grid Community Volunteers (Community Volunteers) and is the main contact between the agencies they serve, the community, and the volunteer group. In 2005, the Community Volunteers began a partnership with Island Harvest, the third largest food rescue organization in the U.S., to assist them in their mission to end hunger on Long Island. With an initial group of 10 employees, the Community Volunteers served as the bridge between those who have surplus food and those that need it. Today, 150+ Community Volunteers give up their lunch hours Monday – Friday to pick up surplus food and deliver to a network of community-based non-profit organizations that distribute the food to the needy.

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]]> http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/lynn-falanga-national-grid/feed/ 0 Annie Mae Johnson: A Lifelong Volunteer Tirelessly Feeds the Needy http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/annie-mae-johnson/ http://sharingservicestories.org/2009/07/annie-mae-johnson/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:57:52 +0000 fordrm http://digitis.us/sss/?p=95 Annie Mae JohnsonAnnie Johnson started “Project Annie” eleven years ago to feed the needy in her local community at the holiday time. On average she feeds 1850 people. Since starting the program she has provided over 17,000 hot meals. She continues to collaborate with service organizations, local churches, and businesses, which donate food items, volunteers, and resources to assist Project Annie. The community in which Project Annie is located now recognizes that location as a corner of hope. Since starting the Project Annie, Annie has noticed an increase in unwed teenage mothers. She has spent many hours with these teens acting as a “sounding board,” listening to their concerns, assisting them in adapting to the new challenges of being a new mother.

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