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Blue Weekend Benefit Show at Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop

shawn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:45:25 +0000

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/

Win for Marissa, Win for Grind Out Hunger

shawn — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:33:23 +0000

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!!???

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

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:29:36 +0000

KZSC 88.1

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

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

Local Bands Being Recognized for Supporting Grind Out Hunger

shawn — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:34:58 +0000

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

Marissa Hushaw Reaches Goal’s Halfway Mark!

shawn — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:28:12 +0000

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:

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

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:20:13 +0000

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??)

_______________________________________________________

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/

Danny Keith Receives United Way Community Hero Award

shawn — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:18:10 +0000

Danny Keith being handed his Community Hero Award

Grind Out Hunger founder, Danny Keith received the United Way Community Hero award for the year of 2011. Danny was presented this award under the category of “Health”, recognizing his efforts and accomplishments as the founder of Grind Out Hunger.

Grind Out Hunger was born out of the Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop in 2003, when Danny realized by the fact that 1:8 kids were food insecure in Santa Cruz County. As of 2008 that number has jumped to 1:4 kids within Santa Cruz County being food insecure. Danny, with the youth by his side, put his beloved Skate and Surf Shop in the hands of his son Zane and will do everything he can to fight this war against childhood hunger. Grind Out Hunger has collectively raised 800,000 pounds through the youth of Santa Cruz County. With a goal of 500,000 pounds for this holiday food drive season, Grind Out Hunger will pass the 1 Million pound mark by the new year.

When it come to Grind Out Hunger, Danny claims himself to be the “clown on duty”. He believes that this community hero award is for all of the students and youth that have stepped up to fight child hunger within Santa Cruz County.

Equipped with a 60 foot semi trailer full of skateboard ramps, skateboard decks, trucker hats, pins and Grind Out Hunger fighter bracelets, it is apparent that Danny Keith is taking this battle seriously in the war on childhood hunger.

A big congrats to Danny Keith and all of the youth that have stepped up to help Grind Out Hunger. Look for Grind Out hunger to continue it’s push into the nation with collaborative food drives and fund raising for other Food Banks around the country. 2012 is going to be a big year!

Grind Out Hunger in Watsonville Patch – Mount Madonna School

shawn — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:52:20 +0000

MMS 2nd Grade Class showing off what items to bring to donate to the Grind Out Hunger Food Drive

Students Unite to Collect Food
Posted to Watsonville Patch on November 2, 2011 at 5:00am
Article by: Leigh Ann Clifton

Gazing out from the stage in the school’s Assembly Room, 15 second grade students stood and collectively asked the assembled audience some objective questions: “What if you only had one meal a day, could you be happy? Could you concentrate in school? Probably not,” they answered. “Your stomach would ache, your head would hurt and your heart would be broken.”

The audience, Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) 6th through 12th graders, listened quietly. “One in four children in Santa Cruz County doesn’t have enough to eat,” the second graders continued. “What did you have for breakfast and lunch? Will you have dinner tonight? Many in our community will not.”

Like many local schools, MMS is participating in the Second Harvest Food Bank’s “Grind Out Hunger” program, with students, faculty and staff urged to reach into their pantries and donate food to feed those less fortunate.

“Children in Santa Cruz County need our help,” comments 7-year-old Grace Timan.

“People are suffering,” adds classmate Ben Pearson.

“We are fortunate; we have food so we should help others,” says Addy Catterall-Pendleton.

“We want everyone here at MMS to be kind and give a donation,” urges Bryce Adams.

Following a recent presentation by Shawn Hatjes, an MMS alumnus who now works with the Grind Out Hunger program, the second grade adopted the food drive as part of their class’s social service curriculum, says second-grade teacher Jenni Leach.

The class learned about hunger in the community from the Second Harvest website, and practiced their math skills in referencing statistics from Second Harvest’s 2010 Hunger Survey. The students designed posters based on what they had learned to encourage donating on the MMS campus. They wrote letters to their 6th grade big buddies about why each person should donate to Grind Out Hunger. The second grade then created a class four-paragraph essay about the needs of the local community, the Grind Out Hunger program, MMS’ history of giving; and how the students can give more this year. The second graders presented their essay to the Mount Madonna’s middle and high school students to enlist their participation with the effort, too.

“According to Second Harvest ‘2010 Hunger Survey,’ some 17,000 people per week in Santa Cruz County are served food through the bank’s program, up from 12,000 in 2006,” notes Leach. “That is about 885,000 people a year needing food in this county!”

People wishing to contribute to MMS’ collection for Grind Out Hunger can bring up donations of canned and boxed foods. Monetary donations are also welcome – for every one dollar donated, Second Harvest is able to purchase three pounds of food from local farmers and vendors. Mount Madonna’s participation in the food drive continues until Thanksgiving.

Grind Out Hunger was started in 2003 by Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop owner Danny Keith, as a way to inspire kids to get involved with helping other kids in the community who didn’t have enough to eat. “He is one compassionate skateboarder,” says the second grade class.

MMS 2nd Grade Class presents Grind Out Hunger to Middle and High School Students

Grind Out Hunger Program Coordinator, Shawn Hatjes, with MMS 2nd Grade class after presentation.

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?

Fury 66 Benefit show Raises 12,500 Pounds for Grind Out Hunger

shawn — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:45:37 +0000

Fury 66 skate deck with money raised from the show.

It’s been just over 2 weeks since the September 10th Fury 66 Reunion show to benefit Grind Out Hunger. We are still reveling in the success of the show. Sold out, over capacity, screaming crowds, amazing energy, and a killer performance. So, we are sure you all are wanting to know the outcome of the night when it comes to numbers. How much DID the show raise for Grind Out Hunger???

Well, friends, here are the numbers:

The event raised 12,500 Pounds of food OR 16,666 meals for kids/families in Santa Cruz County.

We chatted with the band and have decided that we don’t want to stop here. Grind Out Hunger and Fury 66 are bringing you an art reception featuring photos shot from the night of the reunion show. Photographers that will display their photos include: Peter Saporito, Tom Audisio, and Shawn Hatjes.

• 20% of all photo sales will benefit Grind Out Hunger
• We will have Fury 66 merch from the show available
• We will have Fury 66 skate decks available
**Proceeds benefit Grind Out Hunger

The event will be held October 7th at the Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop from 6-9pm.

More info about the event here: http://www.santacruzbuilt.com/2011/09/21/sc-photo-wall-friday-reception-fury-66-reunion-tribute/

RSVP to the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111695845603983

See you all there and thanks for making it out to the show on the 10th!

Fury 66 Reunion Tribute Photo Wall Flyer