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TraMi Skin Care Teaming up with Grind Out Hunger for the Holidays

shawn — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:29:35 +0000

Teaming up with businesses is always a pleasure. We were contacted by TraMi Skin care, asking if she could donate 10% of her sales from the months of November and December to Grind Out Hunger. She liked the idea of helping out a program that focused on the youth. How rad is that!?
www.tramiskincare.com has products, gift certificates, and more. Check it out and buy a gift for yourself or a friend for the holidays!

Here is a quick note from TraMi…

We are excited it is the Holiday Season again. Each year we give back to our community by donating a portion of our proceeds to a great cause.

This year, Grind Out Hunger is our pick! It is an organization “created by skateboarding kids to help kids fight hunger.” How great is that? During the months of November and December, 10% of all TraMi Skin Care’s sales will go towards Grind Out Hunger, benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County.

Support this great cause by purchasing gift certificates, facials, and products.

Thank you in advance for all your support.

- TraMi

For more information please visit: www.tramiskincare.com

Noah Gabay Speaks to Orchard School on Behalf of Grind Out Hunger

shawn — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:53:30 +0000

We were approached by Noah Gabay a couple months ago. For his Bar Mitzvah he is required to complete a certain amount of community service hours he wanted to help out with local non-profit that he would be able to continue helping once his community service hours were completed. We first thought about putting him to work at our warehouse, sorting food or stuffing envelopes to send out to the community. This wasn’t what Noah wanted to do, he wanted to be more active and play a lead role in the fight against hunger. Noah told us that he wanted to present to kids on behalf of Grind Out Hunger. He wanted to stand up in front of groups and ask his peers to help him fight food insecurity within Santa Cruz County and beyond.

Thrilled, we quickly set up a meeting with Noah and went over facts, tips, and ideas for how a presentation would look. He took all of the info we threw at him, absorbed it, studied it and put it to perfect use. He presented to Orchard School last Thursday morning. We went along with him to show our support, but he did all the talking. The next day we received an email from the school requesting for materials to run a food drive. Noah has put Orchard School on the map this year for Grind Out Hunger. We cant wait to see what this school can do!

Big shout out to Noah for doing this. We hear that Noah is going to continue speaking to classes and schools around the county. We will be sure to keep you all updated as he continues to help spread the word of Grind Out Hunger. Be sure to check out the YouTube video we embedded below of Noah presenting to Orchard School.

If you would like to help out Grind Out Hunger in any way, please feel free to send us an email:
shawn@grindouthunger.org

Noah Presenting to Orchard SchoolNoah Handing out Grind Out Hunger WristbandsNoah standing next to Grind Out Hunger founder, Danny Keith.

Check out a video of Noah presenting to Orchard School!!

Grind Out Hunger Now Equipped with 48ft Trailer!

shawn — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:56:20 +0000

Grind Out Hunger is now equipped with a NEW trailer. Why do we need this large trailer, you ask? Well about a year ago we hand built a bunch of awesome skateboard ramps. These ramps have been transported to our skate events with help from Arenas Towing. The crew from Arenas Towing was always so cooperative, helpful, and efficient but the time has come for us to upgrade to our own personal equipment.
We now have our own trailer that we will be able to use to store and transport our ramps.

The first time we will be able to put this trailer to the test will be on October 8th for our 2nd Annual Skate-A-Thon at Twin Lakes Church.

The trailer is currently plain white. A blank canvas. Ready for artwork. Anyone have ideas for how we should design the trailer???
Let us know in comments below or send us a suggestion on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/grindouthunger

See you at the Skate-A-Thon on the 8th!

Quick sample of what we could have the trailer look like...

Suggestions for artwork?

Limited Edition Fury 66/Jimbo Phillips Collaboration Deck

shawn — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:57:42 +0000

We sat down with Fury 66 and Jimbo Phillips a while back and brought up the idea of having a skateboard deck created specifically for the Fury 66 reunion show to benefit Grind Out Hunger. Everyone was amped about the idea and immediately began brainstorming designs. We knew we wanted to have images of each band member on the board as well as the Fury 66 Shield. Throw some food graphics in the mix and some “Grind Out Hunger” font and we were set. Jimbo Phillips got to work immediately and came back to us with this creation.

This deck is perfect as a collectable or to slap some grip tape on and start shredding.
These decks are Limited Edition. Only 100 of them will be made.

The deck will be available at the 9/10/11 Fury 66 show, online, and at the Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop at 912 41st Ave in Santa Cruz.

See you at the show on September 10th! More info about it here: Fury 66 Show to Benefit Grind Out Hunger

Here are some facts:

• $50 Donation
• Limited Edition
• Available for Pre-Sale (will ship 9/12/11)
• Will be available at 9/10 Fury 66 Show
• Deck width = 8″
• Board is Dipped Black
• 100% Profits go to Grind Out Hunger
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“Respect the Youth” Tees to Benefit Grind Out Hunger

shawn — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:28:27 +0000

Several weeks ago we were contacted by SPEAKEASY Gear, a company dedicated to designing tees and other apparel items to benefit different charities. They crafted up a sweet design that they thought would be perfect for Grind Out Hunger. They sent us the design and we knew right away that we wanted to create a partnership with these guys.

The “Respect the Youth Tee” is available to purchase online. Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
15% profits from each shirt goes directly to Grind Out Hunger

Follow this link to purchase your own “Respect the Youth” tee. We’d love to see these worn around Santa Cruz County!

GET YOUR TEE HERE: www.speakeasygear.com/goods.html

Thanks to Aaron at SPEAKEASY Gear for connecting with us and making this shirt come to life.

When you get one feel free to post a photo of you wearing it at: www.facebook.com/grindouthunger

This tag will be connected to your "Respect the Youth" tee. Awesome, right?

Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!!

rickydanny — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:24:58 +0000

Thats right this event is going to be huge, kids you need to bring food/money to skate $10 or 10 pounds of food gets you in for a 2 hour session on our newly built ramps and obstacles! All wood was donated by Pro Build and Big Creek Lumber (110 sheets of plywood, 300 2×4′s etc) orchestrated all by 3D Construction. The event will happen on October 30th at Twin Lakes Church parking lot from 10am to 4pm broken down into 3 groups:

10am to 12pm will be kids under 12 skating
12pm to 2pm will be kids under 14 skating
2pm to 4pm is open to all ages

Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!

There will be booths from local vendors and non profits participating to help feed children this holiday season. In addition there will be a raffle of skate goods, random local business prizes and the grand prize is a CAR!!! Raffle tickets will be sold the day of the event and through the Rotary Interact clubs. All poundage raised will count towards the school of your choice.

Please download the Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon Flyer (154) and the Skateathon Booth Rental contract (122).

Visit and RSVP for the event on Grind Out Hunger Facebook Fan Page

Santa Cruz Sentinel covers Tarp Surfing event for 9/6

rickydanny — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:36:20 +0000

Riding the tarp-surfing tsunami for a good cause

By ISAIAH GUZMAN

Posted: 09/05/2010 01:30:14 AM PDT

SANTA CRUZ — For years, the Grind Out Hunger campaign has been asking kids to fill barrels with food donations. Now, to get them to donate over the Labor Day Weekend, it’s offering to put them in a barrel — a plastic, blue, “surfable” barrel.

Riding the wave of a recent worldwide tarp surfing trend that began here in Santa Cruz, Grind Out Hunger will host an event Monday where kids can donate either a pound of food or $3 for a ride through what campaign founder Danny Keith calls “massive, kegging tarps.” The event will be held in the parking lot behind Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop on 41st Avenue and will run from noon-3 p.m. All food will go to Second Harvest Food Bank, and cash donations will be split between the food bank and local youth nonprofit, The Core.

“I think there’s other boring events kids are going to get dragged to this weekend,” said Keith, who also owns the skate and surf shop. “But kids would probably rather be tarp surfing than going to an airshow — I’m just saying.”

Started in 2004, Grind Out Hunger aims to get kids in local schools to donate food to other kids in need. More than 500,000 pounds of food have been raised through the campaign, Keith said. As incentive, Keith gives winning schools gift certificates to his shop.

More than 150 people have confirmed they will attend, according to the event’s Facebook page, and more than 200 are listed as maybe.

“At first, I didn’t think it was going to be that big of a deal,” Keith said. “Now, I’m getting calls from people in San Francisco asking if the event is going on.”

Grind Out Hunger works closely with Second Harvest, which feeds about 60,000 people each month, said Bly Morales, the bank’s food drives and events manager.

“Any way we can get people involved is a good thing,” she said. “I’m going to be taking my son out there.”

Tarp surfing requires one person to run and pull the corner of a big, blue tarp. A tube is formed and another person can then ride a skateboard in and get “barreled” much like a real wave.

A tarp surfing tsunami has formed worldwide since well-known local surfers Homer Henard, Omar Etcheverry and Nic Lamb and friend Chris Killen released a spoof video on YouTube on July 19. Henard, Etcheverry and Killen will all be pulling tarps Monday.

Their video has received nearly 2 million hits, and media outlets throughout the world continue to contact them for interviews and TV segments. Tarp surfing is featured on the new Apple iPod Touch commercial, and Keith, who runs TarpSurfing.com for the group, said French-German television station ARTE recently did a piece on Henard for its music program, “Tracks.” The Los Angeles Times also wants to do a story on tarp surfing, and a Japanese TV station asked to film the event Monday.

“When the kids end up seeing how much they’ve raised, they realize, Wow, we really can make a difference,’ ” Keith said.

IF YOU GO

First Annual Tarp Surfing Extravaganza
Where: In the parking lot behind Santa Cruz Surf and Skate Shop, 912 41st Ave.
When: Noon-3 p.m. Monday
Grind Out Hunger: www.grindouthunger.org
Extravaganza info: Facebook page:www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141396115897090&ref=mf;

Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop website: www.santacruzbuilt.com

Catch the tarp surfing tsunami: Visitwww.tarpsurfing.com or check the YouTube video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-vb20srZI

C3TV Skateboard Radio puts on Georgia Skateboard event to Feed Children

rickydanny — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:09:33 +0000

Grind Out Hunger is all about feeding children through skateboarding. So when Consuelo Anthony of C3TV Skateboard Radio sent me a Tweet about endorsing a skate event in Georgia with proceeds going to feed children I was all over it. With over 1.5 million listeners worldwide, C3TV Skateboard Radio has now began what Grind Out Hunger has needed…a voice! Consuelo and her crew are truly angels as I urge you to listen and support this awesome Radio Channel. Lets get Grind Out Hunger widespread so the skateboarders of the world can help end childhood hunger! Today’s Grind Out Hunger food drive will go down Saturday June 26th from 2pm to 6pm EST at North Georgia Skateboard Center, Tunnel Hill Georgia with prizes donated from ERGO and Santa Cruz Skate Shop. Make sure to listen up LIVE or go to the site C3TV Skateboard Radio to hear Grind Out Hunger call in and discuss feeding children through skateboarding Saturday 9:15am EST. This should be a good time, thanks to C3TV Skateboarding Radio and especially Consuelo Anthony! Please check out these Georgia Foodbanks and support them there is over 1.8 million children going food insecure right now in 29 counties in Georgia!!!

C3TVRadio Skateboard Radio hosts Grind Out Hunger event in Atlanta

Josh Copeland, Nick Copeland and Zach Copeland of C3TV Skateboard Radio

Santa Cruz Junior Derby Girls choose Grind Out Hunger as 2009 Charity

rickydanny — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:44:35 +0000

Things for Grind Out Hunger just keep getting better. The Santa Cruz Derby Girls are a non-profit 501.3c and have been heavily involved in the community and giving back since their inception. Cool enough, that SCDG started a junior league in Santa Cruz County and have a packed roster of over 25 girls vying to be the next Santa Cruz Derby Girl. I was blown away when I get the phone call from Kiki Clash (one of many SCDG angels) that the Santa Cruz Junior Derby Girls had nominated Grind Out Hunger as their 2009 charity. They invited me down to speak to the girls at the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium during practice one day and I obviously obliged. As I sat and watched these young girls do the workout with coaches “Candy Hooligan”, “Pixie Painful” and “Liv and let Die” I was exhausted by their efforts. I popped out onto the floor and began to preach the word around Grind Out Hunger. At the end of the talk, I had challenged them to raise 100lbs each and I would reward them with a prize. If the work out was any indication of what the Junior Derby Girls were capable of, I was sure they would rise to the feat.

Second Harvest Food Bank Hunger Fighter Awards Dinner 09

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:51:28 +0000

Second Harvest Food Bank Hunger Fighter Award dinner was awesome and the facilities at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge were incredible. I always enjoy going to Second Harvest Food Bank functions, it just makes you feel so good hanging out with everyone. Being that this is the 4th year of Grind Out Hunger which works with local Elementary, Middle and High School kids by motivating them to contribute to the Holiday Food Drive. Grind Out Hunger utilizes the Action Sports channel to encourage the youth to raise the most pound per student at their school for over $1200 in prizes from Santa Cruz Skate Shop. I was able to speak once again on behalf of Grind Out Hunger and announce the winning schools and preach the word against hunger. This years winners went over the top once again and made the Grind Out Hunger program have another successful year. The winners of this years skate deck, trophy and bragging rights are:

Elementary School: Carden School of Santa Cruz $300 prize

Middle School: Salesian Junior High School $300 prize

High School: Empire Academy$600 prize

With Generation Next award going to Watsonville High School with a 416% increase over 2007 and Brook Knoll for raising 2683 pounds of food.

Make sure to follow us on Twitter @grindouthunger

and join our Grind Out Hunger Facebook cause page to help us raise money. Below are some pics from the event.