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Foodstock 2002: Special Edition

Foodstock 2002
What, When, Why and How You Can Help
Find out how your community can participate in this event that raises awareness about and works to eliminate hunger.
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The Food Stamp Program
Our #1 Defense Against Hunger
by Abby Youngblood
Your service-learning class could help erase the stigma from the Food Stamps and raise awareness about who qualifies for the program.
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Teaching Nutrition: Everyone Benefits
by Mary Zimmerle
Teaching healthy eating habits can benefit students and the rest of the community, especially low-income residents.
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Thanksgiving at the Food Bank
by Cynthia Wetmiller
Project ideas that go beyond collecting canned food are highlighted.
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Host an Oxfam Hunger Banquet
by Sarah John
Oxfam Hunger Banquets help communities understand the impact of hunger around the world. Students and members of the community who organize and participate in them experience a kind of learning that is far reaching and long lasting.
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Youth Voice
Empty Bowls Dinner
by Matt Eonta
Quaker Valley high school student, Matt Eonta, writes about his school's service-learning project addressing hunger.
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Pitt Students work to fight hunger and homelessness
by Adam Dei Cas
The Student Volunteer Outreach at the University of Pittsburgh, a registered participant with the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, has a number of events planned for National Hunger and Homelessness Week.
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