RECENT WINNERS
Charles Robbins – Project Angel Heart
projectangelheart.org/ | Denver, CO
Project Angel Heart was founded in 1991 to address a major challenge for Coloradans who are ill: getting the nutrition they need to get stronger, heal, and remain at home. Many are too sick to get to the grocery store or unable to cook for themselves. Others find they have to choose whether to buy food or medication to make ends meet.
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Maria Rose Belding – MEANS
meansdatabase.com | Washington DC
MEANS was started with the belief it should be easy for those with excess food to share it with those in need. It didn’t take long to find people who agreed – everyone from Starbucks to The Washington Post. MEANS is now in 48 states and counting, helping divert food from the trash to local emergency feeding services with the ease and speed of the internet.
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Michelle Angela – Veterans Garden Project
veteransgardenproject.org | Chico, CA
The Veterans Garden Project fosters environmental stewardship, contributes to food sustainability and food security, advances nutrition education, and produces a supplemental food source for veterans and their families, while encouraging social engagement between veterans and the community as a whole.
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