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Toner, Kathleen. “She Makes Sure Unwanted Food Gets to Hungry Americans.” CNN, Cable News Network, 26 Nov. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/health/cnnheroes-maria-rose-

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Getting involved: how people can get involved

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Getting involved: how people can get involved

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Visit the MEANS website to get involved.

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she makes sure unwanted food gets to hungry americans - cnn

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She makes sure unwanted food gets to hungry Americans

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Maria Rose Belding remembers throwing away hundreds of boxes of mac and cheese because they had expired. Now she's found a way to make sure food gets to hungry people before it's thrown away.

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The foundation has helped more than 1.8 million pounds of food get to the hungry.

It connects businesses with extra food yo charities that feed the hungry.

Its run largely by high school and college students.

It aims to make it easier to donate food.

Means has about 3,000 partners.

Its also partnered with the Rhode Island Health Department .

The average amount of time it takes for food to be claimed is half an hour.

Their record is 2 minutes and 37 seconds.

Belding took a year off to devote herself to MEANS full time.

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Why the hero got started with the foundation

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Why the hero got started with the foundation

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Maria helped launch MEANS in her freshman year at American University. She got started with the foundation because she wanted to make sure unwanted food got to the hungry.

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1. How many hungry people has she fed so far?

2. How many people get fed every day?

3. What business throws the most food away?

4. Has there been any problems with this platform?

5. How does the online platform work?

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Hero: Maria Rose Belding

Name of foundation: MEANS

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"Run largely by high school and college students, the nonprofit has helped redistribute more than 1.8 million pounds of food since 2015"

"MEANS aims to make it easier to donate food than to throw it in the dumpster. We're like a bridge that hasn't existed before."