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Feb
02

Blue Weekend Benefit Show at Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop

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We talked to our buddies in Blue Weekend and they agreed to play a benefit show for us at Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop. We decided that we would have the entry to the event be FREE, but we are requesting that people donate to Grind Out Hunger. This event is about bring people together in support of a good cause, if we help feed kids in our community while doing it, GREAT! We will have Grind Out Hunger product available and well as some special Blue Weekend merch with proceeds benefitting Grind Out Hunger.

Feel free to bring Canned food and/or Ca$h donations to the event.

Email Shawn Hatjes with any questions or concerns.

SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!
Event details below…


Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop Presents:

Blue Weekend

February 12, 2012
6:30pm 

A benefit show for Grind Out Hunger

No Cover. Donations Appreciated.

LOT F MINI RAMP will be OPEN.
(Notarized waiver required to skate. Download waiver HERE.)

To find out more about Blue Weekend visit their Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/blueweekend 

To RSVP to this event check out the Facebook Event at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/377798932236934/ 

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Jan
30

Win for Marissa, Win for Grind Out Hunger

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Marissa Hushaw…this girl is ON FIRE.

First off, in case you all havent noticed, she reached her winter goal of raising $1000 for Grind Out Hunger…in fact she went OVER her goal and is currently at $1252. Thats 3,756 pounds of food! Marissa’s campaign is still OPEN.
You can help her fight hunger by donating at: www.grindouthunger.org/marissahushaw

Now, for some more AWESOME news…Marissa had her first competition of the season this past weekend. And guess what happened….SHE WON!
1st place in both Women’s Boarder Cross AND Womens Boarder GS. Big thanks to all of her friends and family that have supported her and continue to do so. We have heard many great things about the community at China Peak Mountain Resort and plan on taking a trip up there with Marissa in the near future.

China Peak Tune and Repair shop donated a portion of their tips during the competition day to Marissa’s Grind Out Hunger campaign. They ended up donating 156 pounds that day! We wanted to give a special shout out to them for their donation and support!!!
China Peak also has Marissa’s Grind Out Hunger wristbands available at various locations on the mountain with 100% proceeds going to her campaign!

Marissa Hushaw + China Peak Community =  HUNGER FIGHTERS

Congratulations Marissa for your wins this past weekend!!!

Donations for Grind Out Hunger, WHAAATTT!!???


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Jan
11

KZSC 88.1 does an interview with Grind Out Hunger Founder Danny Keith

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Grind Out Hunger founder, Danny Keith and Grind Out Hunger Program Coordinator, Shawn Hatjes were invited by Melissa Stone to join her on her morning radio show on KZSC. They spoke about the Grind Out Hunger program, how it began and where it is going. The radio show along with info about the Grind Out Hunger program can be found below.

KZSC 88.1

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With 1 in 4 children going food insecure in Santa Cruz County and over 55,000 people a month needing emergency food support, Grind Out Hunger in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County is doing everything it can to “educate and involve the community to end hunger and malnutrition”. Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County distributes over 700,000 pounds of food per month with over half being fresh fruit and produce through 200 member agencies and food for children distributions.

Grind Out Hunger was created through the vision of skateboarders helping kids overcome hunger. Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop founded Grind Out Hunger with the goal of inspiring kids to help kids; Danny Keith mentions “by going directly to the schools and talking with the kids, it has a huge impact.” Grind Out Hunger is an educational piece challenging local elementary, middle and high schools to raise food and money for hungry children in the community. Since the inception of Grind Out Hunger the youth of Santa Cruz County has collected over 1 million pounds of food for working poor families and children.

“The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they – at some distant point in the future – will take over the reigns. Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely… because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile.”quote by Alvin Toffler

Shawn Hatjes, Danny Keith and Melissa Stone on KZSC 88.1 Conciliation Sunday

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Dec
31

Local Bands Being Recognized for Supporting Grind Out Hunger

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Looks like people are noticing the local talent we have out in our community! We just read this letter to the editior in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about two local bands that support Grind Out Hunger; Almost Chaos AND Blue Weekend. Thought we would share this with you all and give you a little bit more info about our involvement with middle/high school bands and how YOU can get involved.

Letter to the Editor, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/31/11

Ever since the Fury 66 Reunion show to benefit Grind Out Hunger, GOH has been getting several requests by local bands to play benefit concerts of their own. Many of these are local middle school and high school bands, with the occasional bigger bands such as I Don’t Wanna Hear It. Grind Out Hunger is first and foremost about empowering the youth. Any band that approaches us wanting to use their music to make a difference in their community will be immediately welcomed.

Almost Chaos, a big supporter of Grind Out Hunger, which was not stated in letter to the editor above, is only one of the many bands playing music to support the cause. The members of the band are quickly moving forward in their musical careers and are supporting our cause every step of the way. These kids have immense talent and if you havent had a chance to listen to them yet, be sure to.

We recently had a benefit show at Aptos Christian Fellowship Church where several high school bands played including; Rat Trap, Bell Thieves, Funk Faction, and Otis and the Fascist Bagels. Blue Weekend was scheduled to headline this event, but unfortunately had to back out at the last minute due to a sick band member. We approached them later after the show and asked if they would be willing to play a private show at the Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop to benefit Grind Out Hunger. Amped on the idea, they said yes. We are in discussion with them about a date and time. Stay tuned for more info. You aren’t going to want to miss this show.

If you are in a band and want to arrange/chat about setting up a benefit show please send an email to: SHAWN HATJES

Happy New Years Everyone!
And ROCK ON!

Almost Chaos donating cans to Grind Out Hunger

Blue Weekend

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Dec
29

Marissa Hushaw Reaches Goal’s Halfway Mark!

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Hey all! I’ve reached a little over half my $1000 goal already! With 3 more months to go during my Winter campaign, its looking like I’m going to be able to hit my goal and possibly take it even further!! Thanks to everyone who has already donated. It seems as if Mother Nature is being a bigger challenge than reaching my Grind Out Hunger goal! My home mountain, China Peak has been blowing millions of gallons of man made snow. The mountain is pretty crazy, game on!

 

Hoping for some storms to come in soon. Can’t wait to board on some fresh powder.
Meanwhile, have a Happy New Year! Get out there, ride and lets Grind Out Hunger!!



It’s been a couple weeks now since Marissa Hushaw has joined our Grind Out Hunger army. When she first joined it seemed like she was a little nervous about setting a $1000 goal. That amount of money can seem like a lot to a 14 year old, but what we dont think Marissa realized was that she isn’t in this fight alone.
$620 raised so far, Marissa is over half way to her goal. We are predicting that she will meet and exceed the $1000 in no time!

As we were brainstorming ways to help Marissa meet her goal we came up with the idea of creating a Special Edition Marissa Hushaw Grind Out Hunger wristband. Similar to our standard lime green Grind Out Hunger Wirtstnbands, these are customized specifically for Marissa and her campaign. The wristbands are hot pink with black writing and “Marissa Hushaw” embossed in pink on the inside.

They are going for $5.00 a piece and are LIMITED. 100% of the donation goes to Marissa Hushaw’s Winter Campaign. Grab one of these limited Special Edition Wristbands and show everyone that you are teaming up with Marissa to help fight hunger.

To join Marissa’s fight against hunger, get a wristband and to help her reach her goal click  the link or image below to order one!

http://grindouthunger.bigcartel.com/product/grind-out-hunger-wristbands 

If you would like to donate to the campaign, but do not want a wristband, please follow the button below: 

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Dec
28

I Don’t Wanna Hear It – New Year’s Margaritaville Benefit Show

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Our last big benefit show happened at The Catalyst when SC’s punk rock band Fury 66 reunited for a night to rock Santa Cruz County. Now, we have a group of our friends that have decided to form an 80′s punk rock cover band to keep spreading that punk rock feel all over the county. A couple of the band members you all might recognize including, Jeff Frady, from Fury 66 AND the artist and one of our major sponsors Jimbo Phillips. Yup, this is a show you aren’t going to want to miss. Come ring in the new year with this crew as well as the Grind Out Hunger team.

Start the new year off by rocking out and giving back to your community.
Need we say more?

Here are the details:

The Band Features 5 Members: 

Guerin Myall -VOCALS
(Stench and Cupcheck)

Jeff Frady-GUITAR
(Fury 66)

Nick Davern-BASS
(Skulduggery and Pariah Faction)

Ed Gregor-GUITAR
(No Use For A Name, Hedgehog)

Jimbo Phillips-DRUMS
(The Undecided, do you really have to ask who he is??)

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Margaritaville Presents:

80′s Punk Rock Cover Band
I DONT WANNA HEAR IT!

NEW YEARS EVE
9pm-1am

21+

A BENEFIT FOR: GRIND OUT HUNGER

This event is a New Years Eve bash benefiting local charity, Grind Out Hunger. They will have a donation barrel for non-perishable food items, money donations, and merchandise for sale with 100% of the sales benefiting the cause.

THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE
$1 Raffle Tickets
Prizes from Grind Out Hunger and IDWHI

RSVP to Facebook Event Here: https://www.facebook.com/events/292639160777222/ 

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