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Nov
04

Second Harvest Food Bank Annual Holiday Kickoff Luncheon

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All I can say about today is wow…the momentum that Grind Out Hunger has and the support from Second Harvest Food Bank with branded donation barrel wraps, DVD story, small handout bags for the schools and a sign up sheet for Grind Out Hunger is quite overwhelming.  Second Harvest Food Bank has its annual Holiday Food Drive Kickoff Luncheon every year (I said annual right..) and for the last couple of years I have had the opportunity to speak to the group about the past achievements, current goals and overall update for Grind Out Hunger.  This year’s Holiday Food Drive Co-Chairs Bruce & Mary McPherson and Sandi Eason are setting the challenge for you to get involved in the largest food drive of the year!  Grind Out Hunger’s goal is 100,000 pounds of food to be raised through local elementary, middle and high schools while overall Second Harvest Food Bank’s goal is 2 million pounds!!! It was awesome to feel the love today and know that there are great people involved to help put food on peoples tables this holiday season.

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Grind Out Hunger bags distributed to all the local schools

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Grind Out Hunger's DK

Bruce McPherson Holiday Co-Chair

Bruce McPherson Holiday Co-Chair

Sandi Eason Holiday Co-Chair

Sandi Eason Holiday Co-Chair

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Oct
06

Grind Out Hunger 2009-2010 food drive is officially open!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:                                Lisa Allyn, Development Director

Telephone Number: w: 831-722-7110 ext 217

Email Address: lisa@thefoodbank.org

Web site addresses: www.thefoodbank.org and www.grindouthunger.org

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Grind Out Hunger Campaign Begins

Local Schools Target Goal of 100,000 Pounds of Food

Santa Cruz—News of the economic crisis can be dispiriting. The Food Research and Action Center recently reported that 18.5% of California’s children live in poverty. We know that 1 in 4 kids in Santa Cruz County have experienced hunger in the last year. In spite of this, our community has a great opportunity to fight these grim statistics. Local schools, Santa Cruz Skate Shop and Second Harvest Food Bank are collaborating to combat childhood hunger this year with the Grind Out Hunger campaign.

Over the past four years, kids of all ages have contributed over 220,000 pounds of food for their peers in need as part of Grind Out Hunger. This year, Santa Cruz Skate Shop owner Danny Keith is challenging schools to bring in at least 100,000 pounds. He will travel all over the county in the coming weeks to talk about how local kids can help each other to get the nourishment they need to grow and learn. He will also be talking about prizes.

“We’ll be awarding the schools who give the most food with gift certificates to Santa Cruz Skate Shop. Last year we gave away $1,200 in merchandise of the winners’ choices, and we’ll do the same again this year,” said Danny Keith.

“We’re very excited to be working with Danny again this year,” said Second Harvest Development Director Lisa Allyn. “It’s so wonderful for students to be able to help their peers in such a direct way while working towards a goal.” Allyn added that the food drive will last from October 5-November 20. Students can fill barrels at their schools with non-perishable items such as cereal, canned items, and dry goods. They may also donate cash. “We can make cash donations go pretty far, so each $1 that a school donates will be equivalent to 3 pounds of food,” said Allyn.

To learn more about the Grind Out Hunger food drive, contact Bly Morales at (831) 722-7110 x 226 or bly@thefoodbank.org or go to www.grindouthunger.org. You can view a video about Grind Out Hunger at www.thefoodbank.org.

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Sep
09

831 Magazine profiles Grind Out Hunger

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2009-2010 season is going to be off the hook…831 Magazine (831 Facebook Page)profiles Grind Out Hunger founder Danny Keith in an amazing article written by Greg Archer and photos by Moss Media…pick up a copy and check it out!

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Aug
17

KDON 102.5 becomes media sponsor for Grind Out Hunger

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Great things keep happening for Grind Out Hunger! KDON 102.5 has signed on to support Grind Out Hunger with PSA commercials and website banners and landing pages for the 2009-2010 Grind Out Hunger school campaign. Sam Diggedy host of The Morning Madhouse says “Grind Out Hunger is a great way to use skateboarding to bring awareness to the youth, here on The Morning Madhouse we like to promote community efforts especially when its kids helping kids” . Listen up as Grind Out Hunger will be airing its new commercials during the months of September through December, possible updates on air and the winners of the 2009-2010  Grind Out Hunger campaign will be invited onto KDON’s The Morning Madhouse and recognized for their achievements. Looking forward to getting 2009-2010 started so we can help Grind Out Hunger!!!

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Jul
16

TakePart.com blogs about Grind Out Hunger

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Take Part

Grinding Out Hunger in Santa Cruz Posted by Travis Kaya on July 16, 2009 at 8:16 pm

Santa Cruz Skate Shop owner Danny Keith is on a mission to end hunger in his community by energizing young skaters to give back. Since 2004, Keith’s organization, Grind Out Hunger, has partnered with local schools to educate youth about hunger in their backyard and encourage students to donate food.

Every year, a number of schools take part in a friendly competition to see which student body can collect the most food donations, with the top 3 contenders sharing $1,200 in Santa Cruz Skate Shop gift certificates. Using innovative, student-driven projects, the more than 50 participating schools were able to collect 150,000 pounds of food in 2007–and the organization’s reach continues to grow.

In the vein of other skateboard nonprofits, Grind Out Hunger has partnered with Skateboards.com and Feeding America (formerly Second Harvest) to get food donations to families in need. A recipient of Feeding America’s Generation Next award, Keith hopes the program will serve as a model for food banks around the country to engage local youth, especially those interested in skateboarding. He is currently working on a DVD and media kit that will eventually be distributed nationally, and has designed a Grind Out Hunger skateboard deck (left) with all proceeds going to the rapidly growing organization.

“I enjoy being able to bring the message to the action sports youth in our area,” Keith says. “I feel that if informed kids have the biggest hearts and love a competition.”

Check out the screen shot from Take Part!

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Jul
08

Grind Out Hunger is showcased on Santa Cruz local TV show

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Ring…..ring…RD: “Hello”…..Greg Archer: “Hello DK, I have an opportunity for Grind Out Hunger and for you to be interviewed on So Wat TV”…RD:”Awesome, when can we do this?”…Greg Archer: “Can you be downtown in 15 minutes?”…RD:”Sure”. And so it goes, when that phone call went down it was 7:45pm and I had just gotten home. I quickly showered up and flew to downtown Santa Cruz, where local Community TV has its station. I literally walked in and within 5 minutes we were live on air. Now this is a small show, community right? I must have gotten dozens of texts/emails and tweets about how people saw me on So Wat TV. Most of the show was dedicated to Grind Out Hunger, how it started, why we are around, what we do and how to get involved. Hosts Jeff Dinnel and Chip (the man with 3 first names?) were more than cordial and I was able to make my statements for Grind Out Hunger, thanks again to Greg Archer for the hook up and So Wat TV for accommodating our cause!

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